HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW

National Class 2 Supplementary Access (Northern Territory Assistance) Authorisation Notice 2022 (No.2)

1.       Purpose

1)      This Notice authorises the access of Class 2 heavy vehicles that are road trains up to 53.5m in length to specified networks from South Australia to the Northern Territory. The purpose of this access is to allow increased freight capacity on alternative road networks during a period when regular rail and road freight routes are cut by natural disaster.

2)      This Notice revokes and replaces the National Class 2 Supplementary Access (Northern Territory Assistance) Authorisation Notice 2022 (No.1).

Note:             As a class 2 authorisation, this Notice only applies to a vehicle that complies with General Mass Limits under Schedule 1 of the Heavy Vehicle (Mass Dimension and Loading) National Regulation.

This version of the Notice provides additional access for A-doubles towing a converter dolly on prescribed roads.

2.       Authorising provision

1)      This Notice is made under the following provisions of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL):

a)      Section 138 – Regulator’s power to authorise use of all or stated categories of class 2 heavy vehicles.

3.       Title

This authorisation Notice may be cited as the National Class 2 Supplementary Access (Northern Territory Assistance) Authorisation Notice 2022 (No.2).

4.       Commencement date

This Notice commences on the date of its publication.

5.       Expiry date

This Notice expires on 28 February 2022.

6.       Definitions

Unless otherwise stated, words and expression used in this Notice have the same

meanings as those in the HVNL and its regulations.

7.       Application

1)      This authorisation Notice applies to a heavy vehicle that meets all of the requirements of this section.

2)      This authorisation Notice applies to a heavy vehicle that is a class 2 road train that does not exceed 53.5m in length, and that meets the definition of a Type-2 road train under section 6 of the National Class 2 Road Train Authorisation Notice 2020.

3)      This authorisation applies to a heavy vehicle that is:

a)      transporting goods from South Australia to the Northern Territory along the route specified in section 9; or

b)      making a return journey along the route specified in section 9 from the Northern Territory to South Australia after completing a journey under a).

4)      This authorisation Notice only applies to a heavy vehicle operating in the stated routes set out in section 9.

5)      A heavy vehicle to which this section applies is an eligible vehicle.

8.       Authorisation

Subject to the conditions in the Notice, an eligible vehicle is authorised to operate on the areas and routes specified in section 9.

9.       Condition – Areas and Routes

1)      For the purposes of 142(1)(b) of the HVNL, a network set out in Schedule 1 is a stated area or route to which this authorisation Notice applies.

2)      An eligible vehicle operating on an area or route must comply with the following conditions relevant to it:

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

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

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

10.   Conditions – Compliance with National Class 2 Road Train Authorisation Notice 2020

An eligible vehicle must comply with any conditions that may apply to that combination under the National Class 2 Road Train Authorisation Notice 2020.

Peter Caprioli

Executive Director (Freight and Supply Chain Productivity)

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator

Schedule 1 States Routes and Areas

1.       Routes and Areas - Class 2 road trains that do not exceed 53.5m in length

1)      Table 1 sets out a stated route pursuant to section 9. An eligible vehicle may operate on the route set out in column 1 under the conditions noted in column 2.

2)      This network is also identified as Route ID 16GFM-9 v13, as maintained in the records of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator.

2.       Condition – Continuity of route

1)      An eligible vehicle must follow the route specified in Table 1 either:

a)      from the route’s start point to its end point; or

b)      on a return journey after a journey under a) from the route’s end point to its start point.

2)      The start and end point of the route are specified in Column 2 of Table 1.

Table 1: Stated Route

Note:     The IOR Petroleum Facility is general marshalling area that is not exclusively used for petroleum products.

                Regardless of any conditions in Column 2, all official traffic signs must be complied with.

3.       Routes and Areas - Class 2 road train that is a compliant A-double towing a converter dolly

1)      Table 2 sets out a stated route pursuant to section 9 of the Notice.

2)      An eligible vehicle that is a class 2 A-double towing a converter dolly may operate on the prescribed roads in Table 2.

3)      In this Schedule, A-Double has the same meaning as under section 6 of the National Class 2 Road Train Authorisation Notice 2020.

Table 2: Stated Routes – Eligible vehicle that is an A-double towing a converter dolly

Note:             The access provided on the prescribed roads in Table 2 is intended to allow the transport converter dollies to and from the start point of the network in Table 1.