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CurrentRequirements about coupling trailers
Chapter 4Vehicle operations—mass, dimension and loading
Part 4.9Other offences
Division 2Coupling requirements
185 Requirements about coupling trailers
(1)
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
the person uses, or permits to be used, on a road a heavy combination; and
(b)
a trailer in the combination is not securely coupled to the vehicle in front of it.
Maximum penalty—$6000.
(2)
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
the person uses, or permits to be used, on a road a heavy combination; and
(b)
the components of a coupling used between vehicles in the heavy combination are not compatible with, or properly connected to, each other.
Maximum penalty—$6000.
(3)
In this section—
coupling means a device used to couple a vehicle in a combination to the vehicle in front of it.
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