Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule – Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 Amendment 9 (Cth)

Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule – Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 Amendment 9

I, PAUL FLETCHER, Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects, determine this vehicle standard under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.

Dated         23/04/2016

[SIGNED]

Paul Fletcher

Minister for Major Projects, Territories and Local Government

CONTENTS

1.           LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

2.           AMENDMENT OF VEHICLE STANDARD

SCHEDULE 1

1. LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

1.1.Name of Legislative Instrument

1.1.1.This instrument is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule – Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 Amendment 9.

1.2.Commencement

1.2.1.This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

1. AMENDMENT OF VEHICLE STANDARD

2.1.The changes specified in Schedule 1 amend Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule – Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005.

SCHEDULE 1

1. Clause 3. DEFINITIONS amend to read:

   “…

   POINT OF ARTICULATION - any of the following:

   a)the vertical axis of a kingpin used with a ‘Fifth Wheel Coupling’;

   b)the vertical axis of rotation of a ‘Fifth Wheel Coupling’;

   c)the vertical axis of rotation of a ‘Turntable’;

   d)in relation to a ‘Dog Trailer’, the vertical axis of rotation of the front ‘Axle Group’ of the trailer;

   e)in relation to a ‘Semi-trailer’, the imaginary vertical line passing through the pivot point for a coupling fitted to the semitrailer.

   …”