HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW
Tasmania Class 3 Heavy Vehicle Truck and Dog Trailer Combination (Increased Mass Limits) Mass Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)
Purpose
Authorising Provision
2. This Notice is made under section 117 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law as in force in each participating jurisdiction
Title
3. This Notice may be cited as the Tasmania Class 3 Heavy Vehicle Truck and Dog Trailer Combination (Increased Mass Limits) 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 in the Heavy Vehicle National Law.
7. In this Notice—
‘road-friendly suspension’ means vehicle suspension that complies with the performance criteria specified in Vehicle Standards Bulletin 11 - "Certification of Road-friendly Suspension Systems" published by the Federal Office of Road Safety in April 1999, as amended or substituted from time to time.
‘Truck and Dog heavy vehicle’ means a combination consisting of a rigid truck towing a dog trailer.
Application
8. This Notice applies in Tasmania.
9. This Notice applies to a Truck and Dog heavy vehicle compliant with the Tasmania Class 3 Heavy Vehicle Truck and Dog Trailer Combination Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice 2019.
Exemption from prescribed mass requirements
10. This Notice exempts a Truck and Dog heavy vehicle from the mass limits specified in section 2(1)(b) and section 4 of Schedule 1 of the Regulation.
Mass requirements - condition
11. The mass on the following axle groups fitted with road-friendly suspension or a certified road-friendly suspension system must not be more than the following—
a) for a tandem axle group fitted with dual tyres on each axle—17t; or
b) for a tri-axle group fitted with dual tyres on all axles— 22.5t.
12. The mass of the Truck and Dog heavy vehicle must not be more than the lower of the following masses—
a) the mass that is the sum of the mass limits of each axle or axle group stated in Table 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Regulation as increased by the additional mass permitted under clause 11 for the relevant axle group; or
b) 62t.
13. If because of the application of clause 11 to an axle group within a particular axle spacing, the mass permitted for the vehicle is increased under clause 12, the mass of the Truck and Dog heavy vehicle 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, as increased by the additional mass permitted under clause 11 for the relevant axle group.
Other conditions
14. An axle or axle group fitted after 1 January 2000 must be a certified road-friendly suspension system.
15. All axles of the Truck and Dog heavy vehicle, except for the steer axle of the truck, must be equipped with road-friendly suspension or a certified road-friendly suspension system.
16. The operator of the Truck and Dog heavy vehicle must hold mass management accreditation for the vehicle.
17. The accreditation certificate must be carried in the Truck and Dog heavy vehicle and produced on demand to an authorised officer.
Approved Routes
18. A Truck and Dog heavy vehicle complying with this Notice may only use the routes stated in the Tasmanian Approved Increased 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 Increased Mass Limits Route Network
Note: The network mentioned in this appendix are published by the Tasmania Department of State Growth, and are available on its website.