HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW

South Australia Class 3 Bus Recovery (O-Bahn Busway) Dimension Exemption Notice 2024 (No.1)

 

  1.       Purpose

 

  1.       This notice grants an exemption from a prescribed dimension requirement for a class 3 heavy combination that is a bus towing another bus which has broken down on the O-Bahn Busway.

 

  1.       This notice revokes and replaces the South Australia Class 3 Disabled Bus Dimension Exemption Notice 2020 (No.1).

 

  1.       Authorising Provision

 

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

 

  1.       section 117 – Regulator’s power to exempt category of class 1 or 3 heavy vehicles from compliance with mass or dimension requirement.
  2.       section 23 of Schedule 1 – Regulator’s power to amend or repeal instrument.

 

  1.        Title

 

This notice may be cited as the South Australia Class 3 Bus Recovery (O-Bahn Busway) Dimension Exemption Notice 2024 (No.1).

 

  1.        Commencement

 

This notice commences on 22 November 2024.

 

  1.        Expiry

 

This notice expires on 21 November 2029.


  1.        Definitions

 

  1.       Unless otherwise stated, words and expressions used in this notice have the same meanings as those in the HVNL and its regulations.

 

  1.       In this notice:

 

Guide means the South Australia Class 3 Bus Recovery (O-Bahn Busway) Dimension Exemption Notice 2024 (No.1) Operator’s Guide published by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, and as amended from time to time.

MDL Regulation means the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation.

O-Bahn Guided Busway (O-Bahn Busway) means the Northeast Guided Busway between the Adelaide Central Business District and Modbury including related infrastructure.

  1.       Application

 

  1.       This notice applies to a class 3 heavy combination that meets all the requirements in this section.

 

  1.       This notice applies to a heavy combination that is a bus towing another bus which has broken down on the O-Bahn Busway

 

  1.       This notice applies in South Australia.

 

  1.       A heavy combination to which this section applies and that complies with the conditions of this notice is an eligible vehicle.

 

  1.       Exemption – Dimension

 

  1.       An eligible vehicle is exempt from the following dimension requirement in Schedule 6 of the MDL Regulation:

 

  1.       Section 3 – Length.

 

2) An exemption in 1) only applies to the extent of the specific conditional dimension limit in section 9 of this notice.

 

  1.       Condition – Maximum combined dimension

 

The maximum length of an eligible vehicle must not exceed 40 metres.


  1.    Conditions – General

 

  1.       An eligible vehicle must:

 

  1.       not carry passengers; and
  2.       not exceed 40kph; and
  3.        use a rigid tow bar to connect the towing bus to the towed bus.

 

  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 stated in this section.

 

2) 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.

 

3) In this notice a reference to a network is a reference to a map or stated route pursuant to section 119(2) of the HVNL.

 

4) An eligible vehicle may operate on the routes and areas provided in the following network:

 

O-Bahn Bus Recovery Network

 

5) Regardless of any access granted under this section, an eligible vehicle must comply with any conditions or restrictions applied to a given area or route by the Specified Road Manager Network Requirements in the Guide.

 

  1.       In this section:

 

network means a map or stated route, including a list or database, presented electronically or otherwise, that represents the stated areas and stated routes authorised under this notice.

 

7) An eligible vehicle operating on an area or route specified in this section must comply with any of the following conditions prescribed for that area or route:

 

a) Road conditions pursuant to section 160 of the HVNL; and

b) Travel conditions pursuant to section 161 of the HVNL; and

c) Vehicle conditions pursuant to section 162 of the HVNL.

 

 

Jose Arredondo

Manager Network Access Policy

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator