Road Transport (General) Amendment (Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation 2014 (NSW)

New South Wales

Road Transport (General) Amendment

(Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation 2014

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Road Transport Act 2013.

DUNCAN GAY, MLC

Minister for Roads and Freight

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to prescribe offences under clause 74 of the Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 2005 as penalty notice offences. Clause 74 makes it an offence for a vehicle with a mass exceeding a specified maximum mass to pass along or over a road, bridge or causeway on or adjacent to which is displayed a sign prohibiting such passage.

This Regulation is made under the Road Transport Act 2013, including sections 195 (3) and 23 (the general regulation-making power).

Road Transport (General) Amendment (Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation 2014 [NSW]

Road Transport (General) Amendment (Penalty Notice Offences)

Regulation 2014

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (General) Amendment (Penalty Notice
Offences) Regulation 2014.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Road Transport (General) Regulation 2013

Schedule 5 Penalty notice offences

Insert in Schedule 5 at the end of the matter relating to the Road Transport (Mass,
Loading and Access) Regulation 2005 in Columns 1, 2 and 3 respectively:

Clause 74 if the offence arises because the laden mass of the vehicle exceeds the maximum specified by means of a notice displayed in accordance with clause 74:

(a)	by not more than 1 tonne	Class 1, 2, 12, 14	Level 5
(b)	by more than 1 tonne but not more	Class 1, 2, 12, 14	Level 8
than 2 tonnes
(c)	by more than 2 tonnes but not more	Class 1, 2, 12, 14	Level 10
than 3 tonnes
(d)	by more than 3 tonnes but not more	Class 1, 2, 12, 14	Level 11
than 4 tonnes