Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation

For the purposes of the definition of class 2 heavy vehicle in section 136 of the Law, the requirements are that—

the heavy vehicle—

complies with the prescribed mass requirements and prescribed dimension requirements applying to it; and

is—

a B-double; or

a road train; or

a bus, other than an articulated bus, that is longer than 12.5m; or

a combination designed and built to carry vehicles on more than 1 deck that, together with its load, is longer than 20m or higher than 4.3m; or

a motor vehicle, or a combination, that is higher than 4.3m and is built to carry cattle, sheep, pigs or horses; or

the heavy vehicle is a PBS vehicle other than a specified PBS vehicle.

In this section—specified PBS vehicle means a PBS vehicle that—

is not a bus; and

is not longer than 20m; and

is the subject of a current PBS vehicle approval at performance level 1; and

complies with the PBS vehicle approval; and

complies with the general mass limits for the vehicle, regardless of whether the PBS vehicle approval authorises a higher mass limit.

Note—General mass limits for a vehicle may be included in prescribed mass requirements under section 95 of the Law.