New South Wales Class 3 Grain Harvest Management Scheme Mass Exemption (Notice) 2014 (No. 1) Amendment Notice (No. 5)

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New South Wales Class 3 Grain Harvest Management Scheme Mass Exemption (Notice) 2014 (No. 1) Amendment Notice (No. 5)

 

Purpose

  1.    The purpose of this notice is to exempt a heavy vehicle to which it applies from stated prescribed mass requirements in Schedule 1 of the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation.

Authorising Provision

2.       This notice is made under section 119, and section 23 of Schedule 1, of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).

Commencement

3.       This notice commences on the date of publication in the Commonwealth Gazette.

Expiry

4.       This notice expires on 30 June 2016.

Title

5.       This notice may be cited as the New South Wales Class 3 Grain Harvest Management Scheme Mass Exemption (Notice) 2014 (No. 1) Amendment Notice (No. 5).

Amendment

6.       This Notice amends Schedule 1 of the New South Wales Class 3 Grain Harvest Management Scheme Mass Exemption (Notice) 2014 (No. 1) by omitting Table 1 of that schedule and replacing it with Table 1 of Schedule 1 of this notice.

Declaration


I, Raymond Hassall, delegate of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator hereby exempt the heavy vehicles specified in this notice from the stated requirements of the Heavy Vehicle (Mass Dimension and Loading) National Regulation to the extent and on the conditions specified in this notice.

 

Dated 22 October 2014

Raymond Hassall

General Manager, Regulatory and Legal Services

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator


Schedule 1

Table 1 – Participating councils, conditions of access, and excluded areas and routes

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Participating Council

Conditions of Access

Included Area(s)/ Route(s)

Excluded Area(s)/ Route(s)

Bathurst Regional Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Berrigan Shire Council

1 October 2014 – 30 April 2015

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Blayney Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Bogan Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Carrathool Shire Council

1. Gravel and dirt roads are to be dry weather roads only

2. Travel restricted to a maximum of 80kph

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Cobar Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Conargo Shire Council

1 October 2014 - 30 April 2015

All of the local Government Area

Nil

Coolamon Shire Council

1. 1 October 2014 - 31 January 2015

2. If road conditions deteriorate to a level where they are not safe they will be closed and removed from the Scheme

All of the local Government Area

Nil

Coonamble Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Cootamundra Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Deniliquin Shire Council

Nil

All B-double and road train routes, in the Local Government Area, that have been published in the Gazette.

 

All other areas/routes not mentioned in Column 3

Dubbo City Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Forbes Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Gilgandra Shire Council

  1. No B-doubles, AB-triples or road trains have access rights over the bridges sign posted as having weight bearing limits
  2. For B-triples and AB-triples:
  • Certified road friendly suspension
  • Accreditation under the NHVAS Mass and Maintenance Modules
  • Enrolment in the IAP
  • Compliance with operation conditions applied to B-triples and AB-triples

3.       For Modern Type 1 (A-double) Road Trains:

  • Vehicles must use tri-axle dollies that are fitted with certified road friendly suspension (can be air or spring)
  • Accreditation under the NHVAS Maintenance Module
  • Enrolment in the IAP for operation at HML
  • All shire rural roads
  • Regional Road No.7526 (Hargraves Lane) (Gilgandra Heavy Vehicle Bypass) within the Gilgandra township
  • Federation Street (Gilgandra Heavy Vehicle Bypass) within the Gilgandra township
  • Bridge Street, within the village of Tooraweenah
  • Total length of Merrigal Street within the village of Armatree
  • Myall Street between Yarran and Cambara Streets within the village of Armatree and
  • Cambara Street within the village of Armatree

 

All other areas/routes not mentioned in Column 3

Greater Hume Shire Council

Vehicles must abide by length and load limits on those roads which carry load/length limit signage

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Gunnedah Shire Council

Nil

All of the local Government Area

Nil

Gwydir Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Harden Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Inverell Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Junee Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Lachlan Shire Council

1. No travel if there is water over the road, the road is closed, or on unsealed roads if restricted to light vehicles up to 3 tonnes due to rain, or if other temporary restriction applies.

 

2. Maximum 80 km/h speed on all unsealed roads and on sealed roads where the seal is so narrow as to require travelling on the unsealed shoulder to pass another vehicle.

 

3. No stopping or parking in urban streets within ten metres of a driveway for more than 15 minutes.

 

4. No loading or unloading cargo in urban streets.

 

5. No reversing into or out of a road or depot.

All of the Local Government Area except the locations listed in Column 4

 

  • Island Creek bridge on SR88
  • Fairholme Road;
  • bridge on SR189 Sheet of Water Road;
  • Curlew Waters Estate bridge on McInnes Road;
  • Bathurst Street, Condobolin between William and Denison Streets;
  • Marsden Street, Condobolin between William and McDonnell Streets;
  •  Foster Street, Lake Cargelligo, between Lorne and Canada Streets.

Lake Macquarie City Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Liverpool Plains Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Moree Plains Shire Council

1.  Gravel and dirt roads are to be dry weather roads only

2. Maximum 80 km/h speed on all unsealed roads

3.  Participation between 9 October 2014 – 31 December 2014 only

All 25/26 metre B-double and road train routes, in the Local Government Area, that have been published in the Gazette.

 

All other areas/routes not mentioned in Column 3

Murray Shire Council

1 October 2014 – 31 May 2015

and

1 October 2015 – 31 May 2016

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Narromine Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Narrandera Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Palerang Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Parkes Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Tamworth Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area except bridges identified in Column 4

Bridges not to be traversed by any vehicle participating in the GHMS [This list should be read in conjunction with the list of signposted load restricted bridges at http://www.tamworth.nsw.gov.au/Council/Roads-and-Bridges/Load-Limited-Bridges/default.aspx ]

  • Ascot Bridge (Duri Dungowan Rd)
  • Attunga Creek Bridge (Garthowen Rd)
  • Blanch’s Bridge (Halls Creek Road)
  • Bowmans Bridge (Wimborne Rd)
  • Brown’s Spring Creek Bridge (Top Somerton Rd)
  • Burindi Bridge (Burindi Rd)
  • Burrs Bridge (Main Rd 106)
  • Carlisles Gully Bridge (Airlie Stock Route Rd)
  • Clay Gully Bridge (New Winton Rd)
  • Connors Creek Bridge (Main Rd 132)
  • Crown Mountain Bridge (Pera Linton Rd)
  • Davidsons Bridge (Thorntons Rd)
  • Dungowan Station Bridge (Regional Rd 7718)
  • Dwyers Bridge (Back Kootingal Rd)
  • Eumaralla Bridge (Main Rd 106)
  • Georges Bridge (Old Winton Rd)
  • Glenoak Culvert no. 1 (Crawney Rd)
  • Glenriddle Bridge (Pera Linton Rd)
  • Goonoo Goonoo Bridge (Middlebrook Rd)
  • Gowrie Bridge (Top Gowrie Rd)
  • Hanning Bridge (Watsons Creek Rd)
  • Hawkins Creek Bridge (Trevallyn Rd)
  • Herdens Bridge (Main Rd 105)
  • Herdens Bridge (Dungowan Creek Bridge, Limbri Weabonga Rd)
  • Higgins Bridge (Higgins Ave)
  • Hydes Creek Bridge (West Bank Road)
  • Jewry Bridge (Regional Road 7744)
  • Junction Bridge (retreat Rd)
  • Limbri Bridge (Limbri Weabonga Rd)
  • Little Creek Bridge (Trevallyn Rd)
  • Lucella Bridge (Garoo Rd)
  • Mandowa Bridge (Main Rd 357)
  • Mayvale Culvert (Mayvale Rd)
  • Middlebrook Creek Bridge (Main Rd 106)
  • Moonbi Creek Bridge (Charles St)
  • Muluerindi Bridge (Havannah St)
  • Mundowey Bridge (Halls Creek Rd)
  • Nundle Creek Bridge (Crawney Rd)
  • Oakenville Creek Bridge (Old Hanging Rock Rd)
  • Oakey Creek Bridge (Split Rock Dam Rd)
  • O’Briens Bridge (O’Briens Lane)
  • Ogunbil Bridge (regional Rd 7718)
  • Paradise Bridge (King George V Ave)
  • Park Bridge (Namoi River Rd)
  • Peel River Bridge (Regional Rd 7711)
  • Percy James Bridge (Mt Lindesay Rd)
  • Prestwick Bridge (Weabonga Rd)
  • Pullmans Bridge (Upper Moore Creek Rd)
  • Reedy Creek Bridge (Loomberah Rd)
  • Ridds Bridge (Duri Winton Rd)
  • Rushes Creek Bridge (Regional Rd 7711)
  • Sandy Creek Bridge (Old Winton Rd)
  • Slaty Gully Bridge (Trevallyn Rd)
  • Stockyard Bridge (Recreation Ground Rd)
  • Sugarloaf Creek Bridge (Garoo Rd)
  • Tangaratta Creek Bridge (New Winton Rd)
  • Terrible Billy Creek Bridge (Regional Rd 7718)
  • Tongues Bridge (Loomberah Rd)
  • Vernings Culvert (Limbri Rd)
  • Watsons Creek Bridge (Watsons Creek Manilla Rd)
  • Whittens Bridge (Gowrie Rd)
  • Yellow Gully Bridge No 1 (Top Somerton Rd)
  • Yellow Gully Bridge No 2 (Lower Somerton Rd)

Temora Shire Council

1 October 2014 – 1 March 2015

and

1 October 2015 – 1 March 2016

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Urana Shire Council

1 October 2014 – 30 April 2015

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Wakool Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

 

Warrumbungle Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

Weddin Shire Council

Nil

All of the Local Government Area

Nil

 

 

Overview

The New South Wales Class 3 Grain Harvest Management Scheme Mass Exemption (Notice) 2014 (No. 1) Amendment Notice (No. 5) was introduced to address the need for specific mass exemptions for heavy vehicles used in grain harvest operations within certain local government areas in New South Wales. This notice was made under section 119 and section 23 of Schedule 1 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL), providing a legal basis for these exemptions. Enacted by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, the policy objective of this notice is to facilitate efficient grain harvest operations by allowing certain vehicles to operate under modified mass requirements, thereby supporting the agricultural sector. This exemption notice commences on the date of publication in the Commonwealth Gazette and is set to expire on 30 June 2016. The notice provides specific exemptions and conditions for participating councils, ensuring compliance with the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation while accommodating the unique needs of grain harvest activities.

Scope and Application

The New South Wales Class 3 Grain Harvest Management Scheme Mass Exemption (Notice) 2014 (No. 1) Amendment Notice (No. 5) pertains to heavy vehicles involved in the grain harvest in specified local government areas in New South Wales, exempting them from certain mass requirements outlined in the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation. This notice applies to heavy vehicles operating within the participating local government areas listed in Schedule 1, including Bathurst Regional Council, Berrigan Shire Council, Blayney Shire Council, among others. The exemption applies to vehicles used for grain harvesting within the specified areas, allowing them to operate under the conditions outlined in the notice. The exemption is subject to the commencement date of 22 October 2014 and expires on 30 June 2016, with specific conditions and exclusions for certain roads and bridges provided in Schedule 1. The notice may be further extended or modified through subordinate instruments under the Heavy Vehicle National Law.

Key Provisions

The New South Wales Class 3 Grain Harvest Management Scheme Mass Exemption (Notice) 2014 (No. 1) Amendment Notice (No. 5) primarily amends Schedule 1 of the New South Wales Class 3 Grain Harvest Management Scheme Mass Exemption (Notice) 2014 (No. 1), replacing the existing Table 1 with a new one. This table details participating councils, specific conditions of access for heavy vehicles, and areas or routes that are included or excluded from the scheme. The new table lists various local government areas and specifies conditions such as road types, speed limits, and particular times when vehicles can operate under the exemption. The obligations under this notice are varied and depend on the local council and the specific road conditions. For example, some councils impose conditions such as requiring vehicles to only use dry weather roads or to adhere to specific speed limits. Additionally, some councils specify periods during which vehicles can participate in the scheme, while others require certain certifications or accreditations for particular types of vehicles. For instance, Gilgandra Shire Council imposes specific requirements for B-doubles, AB-triples, and road trains, including the need for certified road-friendly suspension, NHVAS accreditation, and IAP enrolment. Breaching the conditions set forth in this notice can result in severe consequences. While the notice does not explicitly state the penalties for non-compliance, violations of the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation could lead to significant fines, points on the driver's licence, or even vehicle impoundment. Given the specific conditions and restrictions, failing to adhere to the outlined requirements could also result in the revocation of the exemption, thereby rendering the heavy vehicle subject to the full mass and loading regulations.

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