HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW
Tasmania Class 3 Heavy Vehicle Fertiliser Spreader Vehicle Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)
Purpose
- The purpose of this Notice is to exempt fertiliser spreader vehicles from stated prescribed dimension requirements in Schedule 6 of the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation (the Regulation).
Authorising Provision
2. This Notice is issued under Section 117 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law as in force in each participating jurisdiction. .
Title
3. This Notice may be cited as the Tasmania Class 3 Heavy Vehicle Fertiliser Spreader Vehicle Dimension Exemption Notice 2019.
Commencement
4. This Notice commences on 10 February 2019.
Expiry
5. This Notice expires on 9 February 2024.
Definitions
6. Unless otherwise stated, words and expressions used in this Notice have the same meanings as those defined in the Heavy Vehicle National Law.
7. In this Notice –
’wide tyre’ means a wheel and tyre, with a tyre section width of not less than 375mm, fitted to each end of an axle;
’fertiliser spreader vehicle’ means a rigid truck or trailer that has been designed, or modified after it was manufactured, for the purpose of carrying and distributing fertiliser for agricultural purposes.
Application
8. This Notice applies in Tasmania.
9. This Notice applies to a fertiliser spreader vehicle.
Exemption from prescribed dimension requirements
10. This Notice exempts a fertiliser spreader vehicle from the dimension limits specified in section 7 of Schedule 6 of the Regulation.
Condition – Maximum permissible dimension
11. A fertiliser spreader vehicle, inclusive of its load, must not be wider than –
(a) 2.5m, excluding its wide tyres and mudguards; or
(b) 2.9m, including its wide tyres and mudguards.
When measuring the width of a vehicle, section 7(2) of Schedule 6 of the Regulation applies for the purposes of paragraph (a) but does not apply for the purposes of paragraph (b).
Other conditions
12. A fertiliser spreader vehicle must be fitted with wide tyres on at least one axle.
13. A fertiliser spreader vehicle must not be used if visibility is less than 250m in the daytime or if the headlights of a vehicle approaching within 250m cannot be seen at night.
14. A fertiliser spreader vehicle must display –
(a) an oversize warning sign at the front and rear of the vehicle that complies with Subdivision 3 of Division 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 8 of the Regulation ; and
(b) flags that comply with and that are fixed in accordance with the requirements of section 2(1)(c) Schedule 8 of the Regulation; and
(c) its headlights on low beam when used in the daylight.
15. A fertiliser spreader vehicle being used at night must have a warning light attached to the vehicle in accordance with section 5(1)(c) of Schedule 8 of the Regulation and that complies with the requirements of Division 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 8 of the Regulation.
Areas or routes
16. Subject to clause 17 of this Notice, a fertilizer spreader complying with the conditions of this Notice may use all roads in Tasmania.
17. A fertiliser spreader vehicle that is wider than 2.5m may not use the Bridgewater Bridge.
Peter Caprioli
Executive Director (Freight and Supply Chain Productivity)
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator