HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW

Tasmania Class 3 Bus Mass Exemption Notice 2023 (No.1)

1. Purpose

1)      This Notice grants exemptions from the total vehicle mass requirement for specified class 3 buses in Tasmania.

2)      This Notice revokes and replaces the Tasmania Class 3 Heavy Vehicle Bus Mass Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1).

2.       Authorising provision

1)      This Notice is made under the following provision of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL):

a)      section 117 – Regulator’s power to exempt category of class 1 or 3 heavy vehicles from compliance with mass or dimension requirement.

b)      section 23 of Schedule 1 – Regulator’s power to amend or repeal instrument.

3.       Title

This exemption Notice may be cited as the Tasmania Class 3 Bus Mass Exemption Notice 2023 (No.1).

4.       Commencement date

This Notice commences on 14 June 2023.

5.       Expiry date

This Notice expires on 13 June 2028.

6.       Definitions

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

7.       Application

1)      This exemption Notice applies to a Class 3 heavy vehicle that is a:

a)      a two axle bus; or

b)      a bus with a rear tandem rear axle group fitted with single tyres on one axle and dual tyres on the other; or

c)       a bus with a rear tandem axle group fitted with dual tyres on both axles.

2)      This Notice applies in Tasmania.

3)      A bus to which this section applies and that complies with the conditions of this notice is an eligible vehicle.

8.       Exemption – Prescribed mass requirements

1)      An eligible vehicle is exempt from the following mass requirements under Schedule 1 of the Heavy Vehicle (Mass Dimension and Loading) National Regulation (MDL Regulation):

a)      section 2 – Mass limits for a single vehicle or combination

Note: This exemption is from the total vehicle mass limits under section 2 of the MDL Regulation. An eligible vehicle must still comply with the axle mass limits specified in sections 3 to 5 of that Schedule.

9.       Conditions – Areas and routes

1)      An eligible vehicle complying with the conditions of this Notice is authorised to operate on all roads in Tasmania.

2)      For the purposes of section 119(1)(a) of the HVNL, an area or route specified in this section is a stated area or route to which this Notice applies.

David Hourigan

Chief Regulatory and Policy Standards Officer

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator