Interstate Road Transport Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 357
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 13 December 2006
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
MARK VAILE
Minister for Transport and Regional Services
1              Name of Regulations
                These Regulations are the Interstate Road Transport Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3).
2              Commencement
                These Regulations commence on 1 January 2007.
3              Amendment of Interstate Road Transport Regulations 1986
                Schedule 1 amends the Interstate Road Transport Regulations 1986.
Schedule 1        Amendments
(regulation 3)
  
[1]           Regulation 2, after the definition of type
insert
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.
[2]           After subregulation 12B (1)
insert
Note   Regulation 12BAA deals with the maximum permitted gross mass for a single steer axle for vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of 15 tonnes or more.
[3]           After regulation 12B
insert
12BAA   Axle loads for single steer axles
         (1)   For the purposes of paragraphs 12B (2) (a) and 13 (1) (aa) of the Act, the maximum permitted mass limit on a single steer axle of a vehicle to which this regulation applies is, despite regulation 12B, 6.5 tonnes if :
                (a)    the vehicle is fitted with an engine that complies with the emission control requirements of ADR 80/01, ADR 80/02, ADR 80/03 or later rules of the Australian Design Rules as in force from time to time; and
               (b)    the vehicle is fitted with a front underrun protective device that complies with regulation 93 made under the UN ECE Agreement; and
                (c)    a protrusion is fitted to the vehicle, such as a bull bar, the protrusion does not interfere with, or compromise the performance of the vehicle’s front underrun protection device; and
               (d)    the vehicle is fitted with a cab that complies with regulation 29 made under the UN ECE Agreement; and
                (e)    the permitted gross axle mass limit in relation to the single steer axle as specified by the manufacturer of the vehicle is 6.5 tonnes or more; and
                (f)    if the law of the State requires compliance with the paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) to be demonstrated — the compliance is demonstrated in the way in which any law of any State requires compliance with those paragraphs to be demonstrated.
Note   The law of a State may specify that a particular approval plate must be attached to a vehicle for the purpose of demonstrating that the vehicle complies with paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d).
         (2)   This regulation applies to all vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of 15 tonnes or more except buses and a vehicle with a twin‑steer axle group.
[4]           Subregulation 12P (4), definition of UN ECE Agreement
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Note
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