HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW
New South Wales Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Notice Amendment Notice 2015 (No. 2)
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Notice is to make minor amendments to the Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Notice 2014 published in the New South Wales Government Gazette No 15 of 7 February 2014 at pages 348 to 386.
2 Authorising Provision
This Notice is made under Section 117, and Section 23 of Schedule 1, of the Heavy Vehicle National Law.
3 Commencement Date
This Notice commences on the date of publication.
4 Amendments of 2014 Notice
The New South Wales Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Notice 2014 – APPENDIX 2 is amended as follows—
(1) In the final row, third column of the table under 2.1.1 Week day and peak hour travel restrictions:
omit – ‘If wider than 3.2m – Monday to Friday 7.30 am to 9.30 am; and Monday to Friday 3 pm to 6 pm (except on Statewide public holidays)’ and;
insert – ‘If wider than 3.2m – Monday to Friday 7.30am to 9.00am and Monday to Friday 3pm to 6pm (except on Statewide public holidays)’.
(2) In row 4 of the Table under 2.1.2 Night Travel:
omit ‘Between Nepean River at Emu Plains and Bowenfels’ and;
insert ‘Between Nepean River at Emu Plains and the Castlereagh Highway at Marrangaroo’.
(3) In table under clause 2.1.2(b) omit –
New England Highway (HW9) | Between Weakleys Drive at Beresfield and Thomas Mitchell Drive (for northbound travel) or Muscle Creek Road (for southbound travel) south of Muswellbrook |
Hunter Expressway (6011) | Between the M1 Pacific Motorway (6003) near Seahampton and the New England Highway (HW9) near Branxton |
(4) Insert a new sub-clause 2.1.2 (c):
‘(c) Vehicles wider than 2.5 metres or longer than 22 metres are not permitted to travel between sunset and 10:00pm. Such vehicles are permitted to travel between 10:00pm and sunrise on the following roads when the vehicle is accompanied by at least one pilot vehicle.’
And insert the following table under 2.1.2 (c):
Road or Area | Night Travel Permitted from 10pm to sunrise |
New England Highway (HW9) | Between Weakleys Drive at Beresfield and Thomas Mitchell Drive (for northbound travel) or Muscle Creek Road (for southbound travel) south of Muswellbrook |
Hunter Expressway (6011) | Between the M1 Pacific Motorway (6003) near Seahampton and the New England Highway (HW9) near Branxton |
Golden Highway | Intersection of the New England Highway and Wambo Mine Road near Warkworth |
John Renshaw Drive | Between the intersection of the M1 Pacific Motorway and the Hunter Expressway |
Weakleys Drive | Between the F3 Sydney Newcastle Freeway and New England Highway
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(4) In the Table under 3.1 Police omit ‘(02) 8882 1219’ and insert ‘(02) 8882 1436’
Dated 23 October 2015
Sal Petroccitto
Chief Executive Officer
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator