HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW

Victoria Class 1 Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice 2025 (No.1)

  1.        Purpose

 

This notice grants exemptions from mass and dimension requirements for class 1 heavy vehicles engaged in the transport of overhead cranes and ancillary components.

 

  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.

 

  1.        Title

 

This notice may be cited as the Victoria Class 1 Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice 2025 (No.1).

 

  1.        Commencement date

 

This notice commences on 5 December 2025.

 

  1.        Expiry date

 

This notice expires on 4 December 2030.

 

  1.        Definitions

 

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

 


  1.        Application

 

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

 

  1.       This notice applies to a heavy vehicle that is:

 

  1.       a prime mover towing a three axle semitrailer (including a low loader).

Note:  a low loader means a trailer with a loading deck no more than 1m above the ground.

  1.       A prime mover mentioned in subsection (2) must be fitted with a single steer axle and dual-drive tandem axle group.
  2.       This notice applies in Victoria.

 

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

 

  1.        Exemption – Mass Limits relating to axle spacing generally

 

An eligible vehicle is exempt from complying with the axle spacing mass limits specified in Schedule 1 of the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation (MDL Regulation) unless the vehicle combination is equal to or shorter than 19 m.

 

  1.        Condition – Mass limits

An eligible vehicle must not exceed 42.5 tonnes

  1.    Exemption – Prescribed dimension requirements

 

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

 

  1.       section 3 – Length (combination or single vehicle)
  2.       section 4 – Length (trailers)
  3.        section 5 – Length (rear overhang)
  4.       section 7 – Width
  5.       section 8 – Height

 

  1.       An exemption in 1) only applies to the extent that specific conditional dimension limits are provided in section 11 of this notice.

 

  1.       If this notice provides for more than one dimension limit that may apply in the same circumstances, the more restrictive dimension limit applies.

 


  1.    Condition – Dimension limits

 

  1.       For a parameter given in column 1 of Table 1, an eligible vehicle must not exceed the dimension given in column 2.

 

Table 1: Maximum dimensions

Column 1

Column 2

Parameter

Maximum Dimension (m)

Length (combination)

35

Width

3.5

Height

4.5

 

  1.       For this section, the width of a heavy vehicle must be measured in the same manner as in section 8 of the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation.

 

  1.       The rear overhang of a prime mover and trailer combination must not exceed 25% of the length of the combination or 7.6 metres, whichever is lesser.

 

  1.    Condition - Travel times

 

Travel is permitted during the following times: Monday to Saturday inclusive - Permitted from 1:00 am to 5:00 am, Sunday - Permitted from 1:00 am to 5:00 am, Public holiday - Permitted from 1:00 am to 5:00 am for vehicles between 30.1 metres and 35.0 in length.

 

  1.    Condition – Stated areas or routes

 

  1.       For the purposes of section 119(1)(a) of the HVNL, an area or route stated in a schedule is a stated area or route to which this notice applies.

 

  1.       An eligible vehicle complying with the conditions of this notice is authorised to operate on the following Dandenong South route:

Exit:

From Nathan Rd, then right turn into Nathan Rd, then right turn into Progress St, left turn into Fowler Rd, then right turn into South Gippsland Hwy, then right turn into Princes Hwy, then to Princes Hwy/Progress St intersection.

Entry:

From Princes Hwy/Progress St intersection along Princes Hwy, then left turn into South Gippsland Hwy, then left turn into Fowler Rd, then right turn into Progress St, left turn into Nathan Rd.

 

Jose Arrendondo

Manager Network Access Policy

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator