Roads Act 1993 Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Amendment (Rear Overhang) Regulation 1999 (1999-554) [GG No 120 of 15.10.1999, p 9885] (NSW)

1999 No 554

Road Transport (Mass, Loading and New South Wales

Access) Amendment (Rear Overhang)

Regulation 1999

under the

Roads Act 1993

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

CARL SCULLY, M.P.

Minister for Roads

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to exempt the rear overhang of a heavy vehicle that complies with Regulation 118 of the Motor Traffic Regulations 1935 (as in force on 1 July 1996) from the rear overhang requirements set out in clause 7 (2) of Schedule 1 to the Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 1996.

This provision will be of a transitional nature and expire on 1 July 2005. It will also be limited in its application to heavy vehicles that have been continuously registered on and from 1 July 1996 and the registered operator of which has been the same since the commencement of this amendment.

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

Published in Gazette No 120 of 15 October 1999, page 9885	Page 1
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1999 No 554
Clause 1	Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Amendment (Rear Overhang) Regulation 1999

Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access)
Amendment (Rear Overhang) Regulation 1999

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access)

Amendment (Rear Overhang) Regulation 1999.

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.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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1999 No 554

Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Amendment (Rear

Overhang) Regulation 1999

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 2)

Schedule 1 Mass and loading requirements for heavy vehicles

Insert after clause 7 (3):

(4) Subclause (2) does not apply to the rear overhang of an

existing vehicle if:

(a)	the vehicle is operated by a registered operator who, on and from the commencement of this subclause, has been continuously recorded as the registered operator of the vehicle under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997, and
(b)	the provisions of Regulation 118 (2) of the Motor Traffic Regulations 1935 (as in force immediately before 1 July 1996) are complied with.
(5)	Subclause (4) ceases to have effect on 1 July 2005.

(6) In this clause:

existing vehicle means a vehicle that:

(a)	was registered under the Traffic Act 1909 on or before 1 July 1996, and
(b)	has been continuously registered (whether under that Act or the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997) since that date.

BY AUTHORITY

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