Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Amendment (Articulated Ultra-low Floor Buses) Regulation 2005 (NSW)

2005 No 134

New South Wales

Road Transport (Mass, Loading and

Access) Amendment (Articulated

Ultra-low Floor Buses) Regulation 2005

under the

Roads Act 1993

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Roads Act 1993.

MICHAEL COSTA, M.L.C.,

Minister for Roads

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 1996 to provide for specific mass limits for articulated ultra-low floor buses with three single axles.
In particular, this Regulation provides for such buses to have a mass limit of 26.0 tonnes and to have an individual axle mass limit for an axle fitted with dual tyres of 11.0 tonnes (but in respect of only one such axle per bus).

This Regulation is made under the Roads Act 1993, including sections 264 (the general regulation-making power) and 264A.

Published in Gazette No 42 of 8 April 2005, page 1252	Page 1
2005 No 134	Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Amendment (Articulated
Clause 1	Ultra-low Floor Buses) Regulation 2005

Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access)
Amendment (Articulated Ultra-low Floor Buses)

Regulation 2005

under the

Roads Act 1993

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access)
Amendment (Articulated Ultra-low Floor Buses) Regulation 2005.

2 Amendment of Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 1996

The Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 1996 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Amendment (Articulated	2005 No 134
Ultra-low Floor Buses) Regulation 2005
Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Schedule 1 Mass and loading requirements for heavy vehicles

Omit clause 2 (6) (a1). Insert instead:

(a1)	in the case of an ultra-low floor bus that has no axle groups and only two single axles—16.0 tonnes, and
(a2)	in the case of an articulated ultra-low floor bus that has no axle groups and only three single axles—26.0 tonnes, and

[2]        Schedule 1, clause 2 (10)

Insert “, including an articulated bus,” after “a bus”.

[3]      Schedule 1, clause 2, Table 1

Omit paragraph (b1) from the matter relating to “Single axle or single axle group fitted with dual tyres on:”.

Insert instead:

(b1)	an ultra-low floor bus that has no axle groups and	11.0
only two single axles
(b2)	an articulated ultra-low floor bus that has no axle	11.0 (but this
groups and only three single axles	limit applies to only one single axle fitted with dual tyres per

bus)

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