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Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Regulations 2023
Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Regulations 2023
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the
Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Act 2013 . 19 December 2023 B. BAKER Governor By Her Excellency's Command, MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
1.
Short title
These regulations may be cited as the
Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Regulations 2023 .
2.
Commencement
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette .
3.
Interpretation
In these regulations
Act
means the
Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Act 2013 ;
Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) Regulation
means the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation , as made under the Heavy Vehicle National Law and applied in this jurisdiction by
section 5
of the Act.
4.
Modification of application of Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) Regulation
(1)
In this regulation
Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards)
means the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation , as made under the Heavy Vehicle National Law and applied in this jurisdiction by
section 5
of the Act;
specified heavy vehicle
means a heavy vehicle that, immediately before the commencement day, was registered under the
Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999
or a corresponding law.
(2)
Division 16 of Part 6 of Schedule 2 to the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) does not apply to buses operating in this jurisdiction.
(3)
Regulation 99(1) of the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) does not apply in this jurisdiction to
(a) a specified heavy vehicle built with an exhaust system having an outlet that
(i) is mounted at the front of the vehicle; and
(ii) extends to the edge of the vehicles bodywork; or
(b) a specified heavy vehicle, such as a tractor, built with an exhaust system having an outlet that is
(i) mounted vertically at the front of the vehicle; and
(ii) higher than the driver seated on the vehicle.
5.
Determination of wheel, single axle, axle group and aggregate axle loads
(1)
An authorised officer may determine the wheel load, single axle load, axle group load or aggregate axle load of a heavy vehicle
(a) by causing to be placed on a weighbridge
(i) any wheel separately; or
(ii) all the wheels on any single axle; or
(iii) all the wheels on any axle group; or
(iv) all the wheels on the vehicle; or
(b) by causing to be placed on a portable weighing device or devices
(i) any wheel separately; or
(ii) the outer wheels on any single axle; or
(iii) the outer wheels on each axle of any axle group; or
(iv) the outer wheels on each axle of the vehicle.
(2)
A load, or the sum of any loads, determined under
subregulation (1)
is the wheel load, single axle load, axle group load or aggregate axle load, as the case may be, of the vehicle to which it relates, whether or not any wheel of the vehicle in relation to any other wheel of the vehicle was, at the time of determination, in alignment of the same horizontal plane, unless the divergence from that alignment exceeds 150 millimetres.
(3)
The aggregate axle load of a vehicle may be determined by adding together the axle loads of all the axles.
6.
Infringement notice offences
For the purposes of section 591 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania), a prescribed offence is an offence against a provision of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) or the national regulations specified in column 2 of the table in
Part 2
of
Schedule 1 .
7.
Legislation rescinded
The legislation specified in
Schedule 2
is rescinded.
SCHEDULE 1 - Infringement Notice Offences
Regulation 6
PART 1 - Interpretation
1.
In this Schedule
HVFM
means the Heavy Vehicle (Fatigue Management) National Regulation , as made under the Heavy Vehicle National Law and applied in this jurisdiction by
section 5
of the Act;
HVNL
means the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania);
MDL
means the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) Regulation.
2.
A reference in
Part 2
of this Schedule to an Act or to a regulation, followed immediately by a number, is a reference to the provision of that Act or regulation that is so numbered.
PART 2 - Offences
Division 1 - Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania)
Subdivision 1 - Vehicle operations Standards and safety
Column 1 Item
Column 2 Offence
1.
HVNL 60(1)
2.
HVNL 79(2)
3.
HVNL 81(1)
4.
HVNL 81(2)
5.
HVNL 81(3)
6.
HVNL 82(2)
7.
HVNL 82(3)
8.
HVNL 83(1)
9.
HVNL 83(2)
10.
HVNL 83(3)
11.
HVNL 85(1)
12.
HVNL 85(2)
13.
HVNL 86(2)
14.
HVNL 87A(1)
15.
HVNL 89(1)
16.
HVNL 90(1)
17.
HVNL 90(2)
18.
HVNL 90(3)
19.
HVNL 92(2)
Subdivision 2 - Performance-based standards
Column 1 Item
Column 2 Offence
1.
HVNL 25A(1)
2.
HVNL 25A(2)
Subdivision 3 - Vehicle operations mass, dimension and loading
Column 1 Item
Column 2 Offence
1.
HVNL 96(1)
2.
HVNL 102(1)
3.
HVNL 109(2)
4.
HVNL 111(1)
5.
HVNL 129(1)
6.
HVNL 129(2)
7.
HVNL 129(3)
8.
HVNL 130(2)
9.
HVNL 131(1)
10.
HVNL 132(2)
11.
HVNL 132(3)
12.
HVNL 133(1)
13.
HVNL 133(2)
14.
HVNL 133(3)
15.
HVNL 134(1)
16.
HVNL 134(2)
17.
HVNL 137
18.
HVNL 150(1)
19.
HVNL 151(2)
20.
HVNL 151(3)
21.
HVNL 152(1)
22.
HVNL 152(2)
23.
HVNL 152(3)
24.
HVNL 153A(1)
25.
HVNL 181(3)
26.
HVNL 184(1)
27.
HVNL 185(1)
28.
HVNL 185(2)
29.
HVNL 190(1)
30.
HVNL 191(1)
31.
HVNL 191(3)
32.
HVNL 192(1)
33.
HVNL 192(2)
Subdivision 4 - Vehicle operations driver fatigue
Column 1 Item
Column 2 Offence
1.
HVNL 250(1)
2.
HVNL 251(1)
3.
HVNL 254(1)
4.
HVNL 256(1)
5.
HVNL 258(1)
6.
HVNL 260(1)
7.
HVNL 263(1)
8.
HVNL 284(2)
9.
HVNL 286(1)
10.
HVNL 287(2)
11.
HVNL 287(3)
12.
HVNL 288(1)
13.
HVNL 288(2)
14.
HVNL 288(3)
15.
HVNL 293(1)
16.
HVNL 296(1)
17.
HVNL 297(2)
18.
HVNL 298(1)
19.
HVNL 299
20.
HVNL 301
21.
HVNL 302
22.
HVNL 303
23.
HVNL 305(1)
24.
HVNL 305(2)
25.
HVNL 305(3)
26.
HVNL 306
27.
HVNL 307(2)
28.
HVNL 307(3)
29.
HVNL 308(1)
30.
HVNL 309(2)
31.
HVNL 310(2)
32.
HVNL 312(3)
33.
HVNL 319(1)
34.
HVNL 319A(2)
35.
HVNL 321(1)
36.
HVNL 321(3)
37.
HVNL 322(2)
38.
HVNL 323(2)
39.
HVNL 324(2)
40.
HVNL 324A(2)
41.
HVNL 341(1)
42.
HVNL 341(2)
43.
HVNL 341(3)
44.
HVNL 341(4)
45.
HVNL 341(5)
46.
HVNL 341(7)
47.
HVNL 354(3)
48.
HVNL 354(5)
49.
HVNL 355(2)
50.
HVNL 355(4)
51.
HVNL 355(6)
52.
HVNL 373(2)
53.
HVNL 375
54.
HVNL 376(2)
55.
HVNL 376(3)
56.
HVNL 377
57.
HVNL 392(2)
58.
HVNL 395
59.
HVNL 396(2)
60.
HVNL 399(2)
Subdivision 5 - Accreditation
Column 1 Item
Column 2 Offence
1.
HVNL 466(2A)
2.
HVNL 466(2B)
3.
HVNL 467
4.
HVNL 468(1)
5.
HVNL 468(3)
6.
HVNL 469(2)
7.
HVNL 470(3)
8.
HVNL 470(8)
9.
HVNL 471(2)
10.
HVNL 471(3)
11.
HVNL 476(2)
Subdivision 6 - Enforcement
Column 1 Item
Column 2 Offence
1.
HVNL 488
2.
HVNL 513(4)
3.
HVNL 514(3)
4.
HVNL 516(3)
5.
HVNL 517(4)
6.
HVNL 522(5)
7.
HVNL 524(5)
8.
HVNL 526(4)
9.
HVNL 528(3)
10.
HVNL 529
11.
HVNL 531(4)
12.
HVNL 533(7)
13.
HVNL 534(5)
14.
HVNL 567(4)
15.
HVNL 568(3)
16.
HVNL 568(7)
17.
HVNL 569(2)
18.
HVNL 569(7)
Division 2 - Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation
Column 1 Item
Column 2 Offence
1.
MDL 16(2)
2.
MDL 28
3.
MDL 34(2)
Division 3 - Heavy Vehicle (Fatigue Management) National Regulation
Column 1 Item
Column 2 Offence
1.
HVFM 18A(1)
SCHEDULE 2 - Legislation rescinded
Regulation 7
Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Regulations 2014
(No. 7 of 2014)
Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Amendment Regulations 2014
(No. 125 of 2014)
Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Amendment Regulations 2016
(No. 2 of 2016)
Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Amendment Regulations 2018
(No. 6 of 2018)
Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2018
(No. 7 of 2019)
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the
Rules Publication Act 1953 . Notified in the Gazette on 27 December 2023 These regulations are administered in the Department of State Growth.
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