HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW

Queensland Class 2 Rockhampton Road Train Authorisation Notice 2025 (No.1)

1.       Purpose

1.       This notice authorises access for class 2 heavy vehicles that are Type-1 road trains transporting cattle to Rockhampton abattoirs.

1.       This notice revokes and replaces the Queensland Class 2 Rockhampton Road Train Authorisation Notice 2024 (No.1).

1.       Authorising Provision

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

1.     section 138 – Regulator’s power to authorise use of all or stated categories of class 2 heavy vehicles.
2.     section 23 of Schedule 1 – Regulator’s power to amend or repeal instrument.

1.       Title

This notice may be cited as the Queensland Class 2 Rockhampton Road Train Authorisation Notice 2025 (No.1).

1.       Commencement date

This notice commences on 30 January 2025.

1.       Expiry date

This notice expires on 15 December 2029.

1.       Definitions

1.       Unless otherwise stated, words and expressions used in this notice have the same meanings as in the HVNL or regulations made under the HVNL.
2.       In this notice, definitions from the National Class 2 Road Train Authorisation Notice 2022 (No.3), as amended from time to time apply.
3.       In this notice:

Load means freight of any kind including livestock.

1.       Application

1.       This notice applies to a class 2 heavy vehicle that meets all the requirements of this section.
2.       This notice applies to a Type-1 road train transporting cattle.
3.       This notice applies subject to the conditions provided in the body of this notice.
4.       A heavy vehicle to which this section applies and that complies with the conditions of this notice is an eligible vehicle.

1.       Condition – Vehicle conditions

1.       An eligible vehicle with a twin-steer axle group must have load-sharing suspension.

1.       An eligible vehicle must not have a:

1.       drive axle group with more than two axles in contact with the ground; or
2.       quad axle group on any of its components when operating on a State controlled road.

1.       In this section, drive axle group means an axle group that has one or more driving axles.

1.       Conditions – Travel restrictions

1.       Subject to 2), an eligible vehicle must only operate between the hours of 7:00pm and 7:00am.

1.       An eligible vehicle must not operate during the periods mentioned in Column 1 of Table 1 on the dates and times identified in Column 2.

Table 1: Prohibited travel dates and times

Note: If Christmas Day falls on a Sunday or a Monday, the Christmas holiday will commence on the Friday before Christmas Day from 12:00pm.

If New Year's Day (1 January) falls on a Friday, the Christmas holiday is extended to 11:59pm of 3 January that year.

1.       The driver of an eligible vehicle must drive at least 200m behind another heavy vehicle travelling in front of it.

Note:  This is to ensure passing opportunities for other motorists and to assist with effective traffic signals coordination.

1.    Condition – stated areas or routes

1.       An eligible vehicle complying with the conditions of this notice is authorised to operate on areas and routes listed in in Table 2.

1.       Operators of an eligible vehicle must comply with all current conditions of operation published in the “Conditions of Operations Database” as if the eligible vehicle was an over dimensional vehicle.

Note: The Conditions of Operations Database is available on the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads website.

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

1.       An eligible vehicle operating on an area or route specified in Table 2 must comply with any of the following conditions prescribed for that area or route:

1.       Road conditions pursuant to section 160 of the HVNL; and
2.       Travel conditions pursuant to section 161 of the HVNL; and
3.        Vehicle conditions pursuant to section 162 of the HVNL.

Table 2: Stated routes

Jose Arredondo

Manager Network Access Policy

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator