Width of Tyres Act 1868 (SA)

ANNO TRICESIMO SEC'UNDB

No* 9.

An Act to m n e d the Width qf Fires Art of 1867."

[Assented to, 30th January, 1869.1

HEREAS it is expedient to amend Act No. 12 of 1867, Preamble.

v intituled An Act to regulate the weights to be carried on

certain vehicles, and for other purposes"-Re it therefore Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

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1. From and after the passing hereof, the second clause of the Rcpeal.

Width of Tires Act of 1867, is hereby repealed.

2. No person shall carry on any public road, in any waggon, dray, Weightat0 be carried.

cart, or other vehicle, a greater weight than that next mentioned, that is to say, for each wheel of any vehicle a total weight, including such vehicle, of nine hundredweight avoirdupois for each inch of width of bearing surface of the tire or felloe; the words " width of bearing surface" being taken to mean the actual width of the bearing surface of such tire or felloe that would actually come in contact with or bear upon a hard, smooth, level surface, when the

wheels are attached to the axle and ready for use: Provided that Proviso a3 to heavy

nothing in this clause shall be deemed to apply to the conveyailce weights.

of any piece of heavy machinery, which cannot be taken apart

without great expense or loss.

b. Nothing in the fifth clause of The Width of Tires Act of rriyatepa~aenger vehlcles not requi~ ed

1867," shall be deemed to apply to any private passenger vehicle, I. have pinbd,

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not plying for hire and ordi~larily used for private passenger pur- poses only, even if goods or merchandize shall on any particular occasion be carried in such private passenger vehicle.

Appropriation of 4.

When any fine is imposed for any offence against the provisions of Clause 2 of this Act committed on any main road, one moiety of such fine shall be paid to the Central Board of Main Roads, or the District Board of Main Roads, as the case may be, uader the juris- diction of which such main road may be, instead of to the Corpora- tion or District Council, within the limits of which such offence

penalties.

was committed.

Incorporation.	5. Save in so far as the same is amended by this Act, the mid
The Width of Tires Act of 1867," shall be incorporated and read

herewith as forming one Act,

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent to

this Act,

F. G. HAMLEY, Governor,

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