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

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;

(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;

(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:

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

Column 1 Item No	Column 2 Type of axle or axle group	Column 3 Axle load limit (tonnes)
1	Single axles
	(a) 2 tyres	6.0
	(b) 2 wide profile tyres:
	(i) 375mm to 450mm	6.7
	(ii) over 450mm	7.0
	(c) 4 or more tyres:
	(i) on pig trailers	8.5
	(ii) on other vehicles	9.0
2	Twin steer axle groups (2 consecutive axles connected to the same steering mechanism)
	(a) non-load sharing suspensions	10.0
	(b) load sharing suspensions	11.0
3	Tandem axle groups (2 consecutive axles connected by a load sharing suspension)
	(a) 4 tyres	11.0
	(b) 4 wide profile tyres:
	(i) 375mm to 450mm	13.3
	(ii) over 450mm	14.0
	(c) 6 tyres	13.0
	(d) 8 or more tyres:
	(i) on pig trailers	15.0
	(ii) on other vehicles	16.5
4	Tri-axle groups (3 consecutive axles connected by a load sharing suspension)
	(a) 6, 8 or 10 tyres	15.0
	(b) 6 wide profile tyres (375mm or over):
	(i) on pig trailers	18.0
	(ii) on other vehicles	20.0
	(c) 12 or more tyres:
	(i) on pig trailers	18.0
	(ii) on other vehicles	20.0

Part 2 Equivalent standard axles for rows of tyres across trailers

Table A — Trailers with rows of 8 tyres

Column 1 Average load per row (tonnes)	Column 2 Equivalent standard axles per row
10 or more but less than 11	0.4
11 or more but less than 12	0.6
12 or more but less than 13	0.9
13 or more but less than 14	1.2
14 or more but less than 15	1.7
15 or more but less than 16	2.2
16 or more but less than 17	2.8
17 or more but less than 18	3.6
18 or more but less than 19	4.6
19 or more but less than 20	5.7
20 or more but less than 21	6.9
21 or more but less than 22	8.4
22 or more but less than 23	10.2
23 or more but less than 24	12.1
24 or more	14.4

Table B — Trailers with rows of 4 tyres

Column 1 Average load per row (tonnes)	Column 2 Equivalent standard axles per row
5 or more but less than 6	0.1
6 or more but less than 7	0.3
7 or more but less than 8	0.5
8 or more but less than 9	0.9
9 or more but less than 10	1.5
10 or more but less than 11	2.2
11 or more but less than 12	3.2
12 or more	4.6

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

Year and number	Date of notification in Gazette	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
1995 No. 42	14 Mar 1995	14 Mar 1995
2000 No. 88	1 June 2000	Rr. 1–3 and Schedule 1: 1 June 2000 Schedule 2: 1 July 2000 (see r. 2 (b) and Gazette 2000, No. S303)	—

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
R. 1.................	rs. 2000 No. 88
Rr. 2A, 2B.............	ad. 2000 No. 88
R. 3.................	am. 2000 No. 88