Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Registration Charges for Heavy Vehicles) Regulation 2014 (NSW)

New South Wales

Road Transport (Vehicle Registration)

Amendment (Registration Charges for Heavy

Vehicles) 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 amend the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007 to provide for annual registration charges for chargeable heavy vehicles commencing with the 2014–2015 financial year. The registration charges are consistent with those set for the 2014–2015 financial year by the National Transport Commission.

This Regulation is made under the Road Transport Act 2013, including section 23 (the general statutory rule-making power) and clause 2 of Schedule 2.

Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Registration

Charges for Heavy Vehicles) Regulation 2014

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment
(Registration Charges for Heavy Vehicles) Regulation 2014.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 July 2014 and is required to be published on the
NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Road Transport (Vehicle
Registration) Regulation 2007

Schedule 4 Registration charges for chargeable heavy vehicles

Insert after Part 6:

Part 7 Annual registration charges commencing with
2014–2015 financial year

11      Amount of annual registration charge commencing with 2014–2015 financial year

(1)  The annual registration charge for a chargeable heavy vehicle that is registered, or the registration of which is renewed, during the 2014–2015 financial year is:

(a)

if the vehicle is a truck or prime mover—the relevant amount (having regard to the number of axles of the vehicle) set out in Column 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Table 1 to this clause opposite the type of truck or prime mover concerned as specified in Column 1 of the Table, or

(b)

if the vehicle is a trailer—the relevant amount (having regard to the axles or axle group of the trailer) set out in Column 2, 3 or 4, or calculated in accordance with Column 5, of Table 2 to this clause opposite the type of trailer concerned as specified in Column 1 of the Table, or

(c)

if the vehicle is a bus—the relevant amount (having regard to the number of axles of the bus) set out in Column 2, 3 or 4 of Table 3 to this clause opposite the type of bus concerned as specified in Column 1 of the Table, or

(d)

if the vehicle is a special purpose vehicle—the amount (if any) specified by, or calculated in accordance with, Column 2 of Table 4 to this clause opposite the type of vehicle concerned as specified in Column 1 of the Table.

(2)

The annual registration charge for a chargeable heavy vehicle that is registered, or the registration of which is renewed, during the 2014–2015 financial year continues to apply for each subsequent financial year unless another provision of this Schedule provides otherwise.

Table 1—Load carrying vehicles

Column 1	Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
Vehicle type	2 axles 3 axles 4 axles 5 or more

axles

Trucks

Truck (type 1)	$563	$891	$788	$788
Truck (type 2)	$891	$1,061	$1,061	$1,061
Short combination truck	$891	$1,061	$1,925	$1,925
Medium combination truck	$7,043	$7,043	$7,607	$7,607
Long combination truck	$9,720	$9,720	$9,720	$9,720

Column 1	Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
Vehicle type	2 axles 3 axles 4 axles 5 or more

axles

Prime movers

Short combination prime mover $1,209 $4,926 $5,223 $5,223

Multi- combination prime mover $9,819	$9,819	$10,801	$10,801
Table 2—Load carrying trailers

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
Trailer type Single axle Tandem	Tri-axle	Quad-axle group and

axle group axle group above

Pig trailer	$571	$1,142	$1,713	An amount in dollars calculated using the formula: 571 × Number of axles
Dog trailer	n/a	$1,142	$1,713	An amount in dollars calculated using the formula: 571 × Number of axles
Semi trailer	$571	$1,142	$1,713	An amount in dollars calculated using the formula: 571 × Number of axles
B-double lead	$571	$2,180	$3,429	An amount in dollars
trailer and	calculated using the
B-triple lead	formula:
and middle	1,143 × Number of axles
trailers
Converter	$571	$1,142	$1,713	An amount in dollars
dolly or low	calculated using the
loader dolly	formula: 571 × Number of axles

Table 3—Buses

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Bus type	2 axles	3 axles	4 or more axles
Bus (type 1)	$507	n/a	n/a
Bus (type 2)	$507	$2,522	$2,522
Articulated bus	n/a	$507	$507

Table 4—Special purpose vehicles

Column 1	Column 2
Type of vehicle	Amount or formula for amount
Special purpose vehicle (type P)	No charge
Special purpose vehicle (type T)	$303
Column 1	Column 2
Type of vehicle	Amount or formula for amount
Special purpose vehicle (type O)	An amount in dollars calculated using the formula: 379 + (379 × Number of axles over 2)