Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995

Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995

Statutory Rules 1995 No. 42 as amended

made under the

Road Transport Changes (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993

This compilation was prepared on 1 October 2001
taking into account amendments up to SR 2001 No. 213

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

Page

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1] 

 2 Interpretation 

 2AA Alteration of amounts specified in the Schedule to the Act 

 2A Vehicles declared not to be special purpose vehicles 

 2B Vehicles declared to be special purpose vehicles 

 3 What are the axle load limits for special purpose vehicles? 

 4 How is N ascertained for the purposes of Part 3 of the Schedule to the Act?             

Schedule 1 Annual registration charges 

Schedule 2 Axle loads 

Notes 

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995.

2 Interpretation

  In these Regulations, the Act means the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993.

2AA Alteration of amounts specified in the Schedule to the Act

  For section 4 of the Act, the annual registration charges specified under headings 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Part 2 of the Schedule to the Act are altered so as to be as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

2A Vehicles declared not to be special purpose vehicles

  For paragraph (a) of the definition of special purpose vehicle in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Act, each of the following vehicles is declared not to be a special purpose vehicle:

 (a) a caravan;

 (b) a mobile home;

 (c) a mobile library;

 (d) a mobile workshop;

 (e) a mobile laboratory;

 (f) a mobile billboard.

2B Vehicles declared to be special purpose vehicles

  For paragraph (b) of the definition of special purpose vehicle in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Act, each of the following vehicles is declared to be a special purpose vehicle:

 (a) a forklift;

 (b) a straddle carrier;

 (c) a mobile cherry picker;

 (d) a mobile crane.

3 What are the axle load limits for special purpose vehicles?

  For the purposes of the definitions of special purpose vehicle (type o) and special purpose vehicle (type t) in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Act, the load limit for an axle or axle group specified in column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations is specified in column 3 of Part 1.

4 How is N ascertained for the purposes of Part 3 of the Schedule to the Act?

 (1) For the purposes of the formula set out in Part 3 of the Schedule to the Act, the number N, in relation to a vehicle or a combination of vehicles that includes one or more trailers, is the sum of the equivalent standard axles for each of the rows of tyres across the trailer or trailers.

 (2) For the purposes of subregulation (1):

 (a) the number of equivalent standard axles for a row of 8 tyres across a trailer is determined by reference to Table A in Part 2 of Schedule 2; and

 (b) the number of equivalent standard axles for a row of 4 tyres across a trailer is determined by reference to Table B in Part 2 of Schedule 2.

 (3) For the purposes of subregulation (2) and Part 2 of Schedule 2, the average load (in tonnes) for a row of tyres across a trailer is worked out using the following formula:

C

B

  where:

C is the loaded mass  (in tonnes) of the trailer.

B is the number of rows of tyres across the trailer.

Schedule 1 Annual registration charges

(regulation 2AA)

Note   Under section 4 of the Act, the regulations may alter the amounts specified in the Schedule to the Act in relation to a year, but any alteration in relation to a year must not increase or decrease the amounts applicable to the previous year by more than 5%. The alterations made by regulation 2AA and this Schedule increase the amounts specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Act by 3.3%, taken to the nearest dollar.

1 Load carrying vehicles

2 Load carrying trailer, converter dolly and low loader dolly

The amount of the charge applicable to a load carrying trailer, a converter dolly or a low loader dolly is worked out using the formula:

3 Buses

4 Special purpose vehicles

Note   Part 2 of the Schedule to the Act provides (under heading 5) that, if a vehicle falls within 2 or more of the specified categories, the charge for the vehicle is the higher or highest of the charges that could apply to the vehicle.

Schedule 2 Axle loads

(regulations 3 and 4)

Part 1 Axle load limits

Part 2 Equivalent standard axles for rows of tyres across trailers

Table A — Trailers with rows of 8 tyres

Table B — Trailers with rows of 4 tyres

Notes to the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995

Note 1

The Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995 (in force under the Road Transport Changes (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993 as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1995 No. 42 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Table of Amendments