HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW
Queensland Class 1 Heavy Vehicle Easter Curfew Derestriction Dimension Exemption (Notice) 2016 (No. 1)
Purpose
1) The purpose of this notice is to temporarily vary the requirements of the Guideline for Excess Dimension Vehicles etc. Form Number 4 (Version 8 February 2013).
Authorising Provision
2) This notice is made under Section 117 and Section 23 of Schedule 1, of the Heavy Vehicle National Law as in force in each participating jurisdiction (HVNL).
Title
3) This notice may be cited as the Queensland Class 1 Heavy Vehicle Easter Curfew Derestriction Dimension Exemption (Notice) 2016 (No. 1).
Commencement
4) This notice commences at 12:01 AM on 24 March 2016.
Expiry
5) This notice expires at 11:59 PM on 29 March 2016.
Definitions
6) Unless otherwise stated, words and expressions used in this notice have the same meanings as the HVNL, and the Form 4 Guideline.
7) In this notice—
Easter period means— for a vehicle mentioned in the Form 4 Guideline to which this notice applies, the period mentioned in section 10.5.1 of that guideline for that vehicle.
eligible vehicle means a vehicle eligible to operate under the Form 4 Guideline.
Form 4 Guideline means the Guideline for Excess Dimension Vehicles Carrying Indivisible Articles Special Purpose Vehicles, Vehicles that require a Pilot or Escort in Queensland,
Form Number 4 (Version 8 February 2013).
Application
8) This notice applies to an eligible vehicle in Queensland.
Conditional amendment of Form 4
9) Notwithstanding section 10.5 of the Form 4 Guideline, an eligible vehicle that is —
a) not wider than 4.5m or longer than 30m, and is transporting a large indivisible item or is a crane, may travel from 24 March 2016 to 29 March 2016, inclusive, on a route mentioned in Table 1 of Schedule 1 to this notice subject to the limitations set out in that table provided the vehicle is travelling—
i) to or from the Port of Brisbane; and
ii) to or from the bond store/holding yard for the vehicle or load mentioned in Table 1; and
iii) during the hours of travel specified for weekdays and weekends in the Form 4 Guideline, Sections 10.2 and 10.3; or
b) a conditionally registered vehicle with unrestricted access may travel to or from unprogrammed operations that involve immediate repairs to public utilities during the Easter period; or
c) a special purpose vehicle or a vehicle or combination transporting a large indivisible item, may operate during the Easter period, where the vehicle is—
i) operating under a current dimension exemption (notice or permit); and
ii) directly involved with, or in support of, mining activities; and
iii) operating solely within the Cooper Basin as set out in Schedule 2 to this notice.
10) It is a condition of this exemption that—
a) an eligible vehicle operating under it complies with—
i) the requirements set out in Section 9 of this notice that apply to the vehicle; and
ii) any condition or requirement of the Form 4 Guideline or permit applying to the vehicle that is not excluded by this notice; and;
b) the driver of a vehicle operating under this exemption must keep in the driver’s possession a copy of this notice and must produce the notice to an authorised officer when requested.
11) Travel anytime during the Easter period is permitted for oversize agricultural vehicles, except on the roads listed in Appendix 3, of Guideline for Excess Dimension Agricultural Vehicles and Agricultural Combinations Vehicles and Drivers 2012 Form 14. Provided the oversize vehicle agricultural vehicle or combination is being accompanied by at least one agricultural pilot above the minimum requirements of the guideline.
Dated: 1 March 2016
Sal Petroccitto
Chief Executive Officer
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
