HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW
Tasmania Class 3 Heavy Vehicles, Certain Pig Trailer Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)
Purpose
- The purpose of this Notice is to exempt an eligible pig trailer combination from stated prescribed dimension requirements in Schedule 6 of the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation (the Regulation).
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Authorising Provision
2. This Notice is issued under section 117 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law, Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Act 2013
Title
3. This Notice may be cited as the Tasmania Class 3 Heavy Vehicles, Certain Pig Trailer 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.
Application
7. This Notice applies in the state of Tasmania.
8. This Notice applies to a heavy vehicle combination that includes a pig trailer built and being used for the purpose of transporting a light aircraft, yacht, rowing boat or surfboat (an ‘eligible pig trailer combination’).
Exemption from prescribed dimension and mass limits
9. This Notice exempts an eligible pig trailer combination from the dimension limits specified in section 3(1)(a) and section 5(1) of Schedule 6 of the Regulation.
Condition - maximum permissible dimension limits
10. An eligible pig trailer combination, inclusive of its load, must not be longer than 25m.
11. The rear overhang of the pig trailer, inclusive of its load, must not be more than 5m.
Other conditions
12. When an eligible pig trailer combination is being used in the daytime—
(a) the towing vehicle must display headlights on low beam; and
(b) the combination must have displayed a brightly coloured red flag affixed to the rearmost point of its load.
13. When an eligible pig trailer combination is being used at night, the pig trailer must have side markers and rear markers that are fitted and displayed in accordance with section 5(1)(a) and (b) of Schedule 8 of the Regulation.
14. If an eligible pig trailer combination, inclusive of its load, is longer than 22m, the combination must—
a) display an oversize vehicle sign that complies with Subdivision 3 of Division 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 8 of the Regulation at the front of the towing vehicle and the rear of the pig trailer; and
b) if the combination is being used at night, 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
15. If the rear overhang of the pig trailer, inclusive of its load, is greater than 3.7 metres, an oversize vehicle sign that complies with Subdivision 3 of Division 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 8 of the Regulation must be displayed at the front of the towing vehicle and the rear of the pig trailer.
Areas or routes
16. An eligible pig trailer combination complying with the conditions of this Notice may use all roads in Tasmania.
Peter Caprioli
Executive Director (Freight and Supply Chain Productivity)
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator