Safe operation of vehicles and mass, dimension, load restraint and access requirements(cf Gen Act, s 26(1); STM Act, cl 3(1)(b)–(d) of Sch 1)
7 Safe operation of vehicles and mass, dimension, load restraint and access requirements(cf Gen Act, s 26(1); STM Act, cl 3(1)(b)–(d) of Sch 1)
The safe operation of vehicles or combinations on roads, including the following—
the loading and unloading and securing of loads,
the keeping and production of records and other specified information in connection with the safe operation of vehicles used on roads.
Mass, dimension, load restraint and access requirements with respect to the use of roads by vehicles and combinations and the enforcement of such requirements, including the following—
the giving of rectification notices, the detention of vehicles pending rectification and powers of inspection,
the issuing of permits and notices to authorise the use of vehicles and combinations despite such restrictions and the fees payable in connection with such permits and notices,
the imposition of such restrictions by means of the erection or display of signs,
the exercise of inspection and other enforcement powers (including in relation to powers conferred under Chapter 7) in relation to such requirements,
the keeping and production of records and other specified information in connection with such requirements,
the granting or conferral of exemptions from compliance with such requirements,
the creation, approval or use of schemes for the mass management of vehicles or combinations in connection with such requirements.
In this clause—
access requirement means a requirement that relates to the roads or class of roads on which a vehicle or combination may or may not be taken, or otherwise limits the area in which a vehicle or combination may or may not operate.
dimension requirement means a requirement that relates to the dimensions of a vehicle or combination or a load or component of a vehicle or combination, including (for example)—
the dimensions of a vehicle or combination, disregarding its load (if any), or
the dimensions of a vehicle or combination including its load, or
the dimensions of the load on a vehicle or combination, or
the internal measurements of a vehicle or combination, including (for example) the distance between—
components of a vehicle or combination, or
vehicles in a combination, or
a vehicle in a combination and a component of another vehicle in the combination.
load restraint requirement means a requirement that relates to the restraint or positioning of a load or any part of a load on a vehicle or combination.
mass requirement means a requirement that relates to the mass of a vehicle or combination or the mass of or on any component of a vehicle or combination, and includes—
a requirement concerning mass limits relating to—
the tare mass of a vehicle or combination (that is, the actual mass of the vehicle or combination excluding any load in or on the vehicle or combination), or
the gross mass of a vehicle or combination (that is, the unladen mass of the vehicle or combination together with any load in or on the vehicle or combination), or
the mass of the load in or on a vehicle or combination, or
the mass on a tyre, an axle or an axle group of the vehicle or combination, and
a requirement concerning mass limits relating to axle spacing, and
mass limits set out on signs (for example, a sign-posted bridge limit).
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