Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1999 (WA)

14 September 1999] GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4537

TRANSPORT

TR301*

Road Traffic Act 1974

Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Amendment

Regulations (No. 3) 1999

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Vehicle
Standards) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1999.

2.             The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Road Traffic
(Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977*.
[* Reprinted as at 29 July 1996.

For amendments to 16 August 1999 see 1998 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, pp. 268-9, and
Gazette 2 February 1999.]

3.             Regulation 105 amended

Regulation 105(6) is amended after “subregulations (1), (2),” by inserting —

“ (2a), ”.

4.             Regulation 1401 amended

(1)	Regulation 1401(2) is amended by deleting “The” and inserting instead —
“ Subject to subregulation (2a), the ”.
(2)	After regulation 1401(2) the following subregulations are inserted —

“

(2a) Unless otherwise approved by the Director General, the
laden mass of a trailer that is being towed by a motor
vehicle with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle mass not
exceeding 4.5 tonnes shall not exceed —

(a) the towing capacity of the towing apparatus fitted to the vehicle, as specified by the manufacturer of the towing apparatus; or

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(b) the maximum permitted laden mass of a trailer that may be towed by the vehicle (“the maximum trailer mass”), as specified by the manufacturer of the vehicle,

whichever is the lesser.

(2b) If the towing capacity of the towing apparatus fitted to
a motor vehicle —

(a)	is not specified by the manufacturer of the towing apparatus; or
(b)	otherwise cannot be determined,

the maximum trailer mass of the vehicle is taken for the
purposes of subregulation (2a) to be less than the
towing capacity of the towing apparatus fitted to the

vehicle.

(2c) If the maximum trailer mass of a motor vehicle —

(a)	is not specified by the manufacturer of the vehicle; or
(b)	otherwise cannot be determined,

the maximum trailer mass of the vehicle is taken for the

purposes of subregulation (2a)(b) to be —

(c)	if the trailer to be towed by the vehicle is equipped with brakes in accordance with these regulations, one and a half times the tare of the vehicle; or
(d)	if the trailer to be towed by the vehicle is not so equipped, the tare of the vehicle.

”.

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.