Australian Capital Territory

Road Transport (Dimensions and Mass) (Mass Limits of Vehicles or Combinations) Determination 2006 
(No 1)

Disallowable Instrument DI2006–119

made under the

Road Transport (Dimensions and Mass) Act 1990, Section 57 (Determinations)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Legislative Context

Section 57(1) of the Road Transport (Dimensions and Mass) Act 1990 (the Act) allows the Minister to determine amounts of mass for certain heavy vehicles.

Determination
This determination sets nationally agreed mass limits for heavy vehicles for the purposes of the Act.  Schedule 1 fixes the gross mass limits of vehicles relating to axle spacing and Schedule 2 fixes the mass limits for wheel and axle loads.  

Additionally, the previous determination made in 2000, was outdated and requires amendment to reference the correct Sections in the Act.

Vehicles complying with the nationally agreed mass limits, set out in the determination, will not require permits to operate in the ACT.

The mass limits set out in the schedules are nationally uniform and have been adopted by all other jurisdictions under State and Territory legislation.

The setting of mass limits by determination provides the ACT with flexibility to adopt any changes to mass limits that have been agreed nationally without undue delay.

The instrument takes effect on the day after notification on the legislation register.