HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW
Tasmania Class 3 Heavy Vehicle Twin Steer Prime Mover Semitrailer Mass Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)
Purpose
- The purpose of this Notice is to exempt heavy vehicles consisting of a specified twin steer prime mover and semitrailer combination from stated prescribed mass requirements in Schedule 1 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 (HVNL).
Title
3. This Notice may be cited as the Tasmania Class 3 Heavy Vehicle Twin Steer Prime Mover Semitrailer Mass 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 HVNL.
Application
7. This Notice applies in Tasmania.
8. This Notice applies to a seven axle heavy vehicle combination consisting of a prime mover fitted with a twin steer axle group, and a single semitrailer fitted with a tri-axle group (‘relevant combination’).
Exemption from prescribed mass requirements
9. This Notice exempts a relevant combination from the following general mass limits specified in Schedule 1 of the Regulation—
(a) Section 2(1)(a)(iv); and
(b) Section 5(1).
Condition - Maximum permissible mass at general mass limits
10. The mass of the relevant combination must not be more than—
(a) 47.5t, if the twin steer axle group is fitted with a load-sharing suspension system; or
(b) 46.5t in any other case.
Condition – Axle spacing mass limits
11. The mass of the relevant combination relating to an axle spacing of the combination must not be more than the mass limit stated in Table 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Regulation.
Condition – Higher mass limits
12. For the purposes of the application of the higher mass limits mass exception to a relevant combination fitted with an axle or axle group to which Schedule 5 of the Regulation applies—
(a) the mass of the combination must not be more than the mass for the vehicle permitted under clause 10 increased by the mass exception amount; and
(b) if, because of the application of the mass exception amount to an axle or axle group within a particular axle spacing, the mass permitted for the vehicle is increased, the mass of the combination relating to the axle spacing must not be more than the mass limit stated in Table 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Regulation, increased by the mass exception amount.
Areas or route
13. A relevant combination complying with clauses 10 and 11 of this Notice may use all roads in Tasmania.
14. A relevant combination complying with clause 12 of this Notice may only use the routes specified in the Tasmanian Approved Higher Mass Limits Route Network set out in Appendix 1.
Peter Caprioli
Executive Director (Freight and Supply Chain Productivity)
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
Appendix 1
Tasmanian Approved Higher Mass Limits Route Network
The map mentioned in this appendix is published by the Tasmania Department of State Growth, and is available on its website.