HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW

South Australia Class 3 Disabled Bus Dimension Exemption Notice 2020 (No.1)

1. Purpose

This notice provides an exemption to maximum length requirements from the Heavy Vehicle (Mass Dimension and Loading) National Regulation network and access conditions for buses that are required to tow another bus in specific circumstances in metropolitan Adelaide.

Note: This notice replaces the Approval for a Bus Towing a Disabled Bus to Exceed an Overall Length Of 19m, published in the South Australia Government Gazette on 21 December 2000.

2.       Authorising Provision

This Notice is made under section 117 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).

3.       Title

This Notice may be cited as the South Australia Class 3 Disabled Bus Dimension Exemption Notice 2020.

4.       Commencement

This Notice commences on 1 January 2020.

5.       Expiry

This Notice expires on 31 December 2024.

6.       Definitions

1)      Unless otherwise stated, words and expressions used in this Notice have the same meaning as those defines in the HVNL.

2)      O-Bahn Guided Busway (O-Bahn busway) means the Northeast Guided Busway between Adelaide and Modbury and commonly known by that name, including related infrastructure.

7.       Application

1)      This Notice applies to a bus towing another bus that has broken down on the O-Bahn Busway to the nearest road related area within the O-Bahn Busway interchanges outlined in section 9(2).

2)      This Notice applies in South Australia, and only in the local government areas set out in s9 of this Notice.

8.       Exemptions – Dimension

1)      An eligible vehicle that meets the conditions of this Notice is exempt from the following dimension requirements in Part 2 of Schedule 6 to the MDL National Regulation:

a)      Section 3 – Length.

9.       Conditions – Prescribed Routes and Areas

1)      This Notice applies to the road related areas within the O-Bahn Busway, in the following Local Government areas:

a)      Adelaide City Council; and

b)      Tea Tree Gully Council.

2)      A disabled bus being removed from the O-Bahn Busway may access the following roads and road related areas:

a)      Road related areas within the interchanges at Klemzig, Paradise and Tea Tree Plaza, Modbury;

b)      For travel to Adelaide City Centre - the section of Hackney Road, Adelaide at the City end of the O-Bahn busway;

c)       Grenfell Street, Adelaide west of the busway tunnel exit; and

d)      For travel to Modbury – northbound on Hackney Road, from the busway tunnel exit.

10.   Conditions – General

1)      This Notice applies only if all of the following conditions are complied with:

a)      Both the towing bus and the bus being towed must be unladen; and

b)      The combination must not exceed 40kph; and

c)       A rigid tow bar must be used to connect the towing bus to the towed bus.

Peter Caprioli

Executive Director (Freight and Supply Chain Productivity)

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator