Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995

Statutory Rules 1995 No. 42 as amended

made under the

This compilation was prepared on 1 July 2000
taking into account amendments up to SR 2000 No. 88

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995

Statutory Rules 1995 No. 42 as amended

made under the

Contents

Page

                        1  Name of Regulations [see Note 1]                                       3

                        2  Interpretation                                                                     3

                      2A  Vehicles declared not to be special purpose vehicles            3

                      2B  Vehicles declared to be special purpose vehicles                  3

                        3  What are the axle load limits for special purpose vehicles?    4

                        4  How is N ascertained for the purposes of Part 3 of the Schedule to the Act?       4

Schedule             5

Part 1             Axle load limits                                                                  5

Part 2             Equivalent standard axles for rows of tyres across trailers      7

Notes                                                                                                         9

1              Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

                These Regulations are the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995.

2              Interpretation

                In these Regulations, the Act means the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993.

2A           Vehicles declared not to be special purpose vehicles

                For paragraph (a) of the definition of special purpose vehicle in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Act, each of the following vehicles is declared not to be a special purpose vehicle:

                (a)    a caravan;

               (b)    a mobile home;

                (c)    a mobile library;

               (d)    a mobile workshop;

                (e)    a mobile laboratory;

                (f)    a mobile billboard.

2B           Vehicles declared to be special purpose vehicles

                For paragraph (b) of the definition of special purpose vehicle in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Act, each of the following vehicles is declared to be a special purpose vehicle:

                (a)    a forklift;

               (b)    a straddle carrier;

                (c)    a mobile cherry picker;

               (d)    a mobile crane.

3              What are the axle load limits for special purpose vehicles?

                For the purposes of the definitions of special purpose vehicle (type o) and special purpose vehicle (type t) in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Act, the load limit for an axle or axle group specified in column 2 of Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations is specified in column 3 of Part 1.

4              How is N ascertained for the purposes of Part 3 of the Schedule to the Act?

         (1)   For the purposes of the formula set out in Part 3 of the Schedule to the Act, the number N, in relation to a vehicle or a combination of vehicles that includes one or more trailers, is the sum of the equivalent standard axles for each of the rows of tyres across the trailer or trailers.

         (2)   For the purposes of subregulation (1):

                (a)    the number of equivalent standard axles for a row of 8 tyres across a trailer is determined by reference to Table A in Part 2 of the Schedule; and

               (b)    the number of equivalent standard axles for a row of 4 tyres across a trailer is determined by reference to Table B in Part 2 of the Schedule.

         (3)   For the purposes of subregulation (2) and Part 2 of the Schedule, the average load (in tonnes) for a row of tyres across a trailer is worked out using the following formula:

C

B

                where:

C is the loaded mass  (in tonnes) of the trailer.

B is the number of rows of tyres across the trailer.

Schedule             

Part 1          Axle load limits

Part 2          Equivalent standard axles for rows of tyres across trailers

Table A — Trailers with rows of 8 tyres

Table B — Trailers with rows of 4 tyres

Notes to the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995

Note 1

The Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Regulations 1995 (in force under the Road Transport Changes (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993 as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1995 No. 42 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Table of Amendments