Interstate Road Transport Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1)1 Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 56
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985. Dated 17 March 2006 P. M. JEFFERY Governor-General By His Excellency’s Command WARREN TRUSS Minister for Transport and Regional Services
1              Name of Regulations                 These Regulations are the Interstate Road Transport Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1). 2              Commencement                 These Regulations are taken to have commenced on 25 November 2005. 3              Amendment of Interstate Road Transport Regulations 1986                 Schedule 1 amends the Interstate Road Transport Regulations 1986.

Schedule 1        Amendment (regulation 3)    [1]           Regulation 12P substitute
12P         Dimensions of a B-double — overall length          (1)   A person must not operate a B-double that is longer than 25 metres.          (2)   However, a person may operate a B-double that is up to 26 metres in length in a State, if:                 (a)    the law of the State allows the person to operate the B-double in the State subject to the B-double complying with the conditions mentioned in subregulation (3) (the exemption conditions); and                (b)    the B-double complies with the exemption conditions; and                 (c)    if the law of the State requires the B-double’s compliance with the exemption conditions to be demonstrated — the B-double’s compliance is demonstrated in the way in which the law of any State requires a B-double’s compliance with the exemption conditions to be demonstrated.          (3)   For paragraph (2) (a), the conditions are:                 (a)    the B-double must not be longer than 26 metres; and                (b)    the distance between the point of articulation at the front of the leading semi-trailer and the rear of the combination must not exceed 20.6 metres; and                 (c)    the prime mover of the combination must be fitted with a front underrun protective device that complies with regulation 93 made under the UN ECE Agreement; and                (d)    if the prime mover has a date of manufacture after 31 December 2005 — it must be fitted with a cab that complies with regulation 29 made under that Agreement; and                 (e)    the prime mover must not have a load-carrying area.          (4)   In this regulation: State includes Territory. UN ECE Agreement means the Agreement concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions done at Geneva on 20 March 1958, as amended and in effect on 13 July 1999. Example 1 for paragraph (2) (a) Under the law of the State, the administering authority in the State may allow a person to operate a B-double that is longer than 25 metres in the State by publishing a notice in the State’s government Gazette that exempts B-doubles from the dimension limit of 25 metres that would otherwise apply, under the law of the State, to the length of B-doubles that may be operated in the State. Example 2 for paragraph (2) (a) Under the law of the State, the administering authority in the State may allow a person to operate a B-double that is longer than 25 metres in the State by granting a permit to the person (on application for the permit) that exempts the B-double from the dimension limit of 25 metres that would otherwise apply, under the law of the State, to the length of the B-double. Example for paragraph (2) (c) The law of a State may specify that a particular approval plate must be attached to a 26-metre B-double for the purpose of demonstrating that the B-double complies with the exemption conditions. Note 1   Regulations 29 and 93 made under the UN ECE Agreement are available on the United Nations website at: http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs.html. Note 2   For the routes on which a person may operate a B-double, see regulation 12L.
12PA      Dimensions of a B-double — length available for carrying animals          (1)   This regulation applies in relation to a B-double built to carry cattle, sheep, pigs or horses.          (2)   The 2 semi-trailers that form part of the B-double must not have more than 18.8 metres of their combined length available for carrying animals.          (3)   For subregulation (2), the length available for carrying animals on a trailer must be measured from the inside of the front wall or door of the trailer to the inside of the rear wall or door of the trailer, and any intervening partitions must be disregarded.
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