Heavy Vehicle (Registration) National Regulation

For section 686A(4) of the Law, a registration authority for a participating jurisdiction must give the Regulator the information mentioned in section 4 for each heavy vehicle registered under a law of the participating jurisdiction.

Subsection (3) applies if a registration authority records on a vehicle register any of the following information about a heavy vehicle—

the engine make and number;

the number of engine cylinders;

the fuel type;

the GVM and, if applicable, the GCM;

the tare mass;

the body colour;

the seating capacity;

the number of wheels;

the axle configuration, including the number of axles and the spacing between each axle;

if the vehicle is conditionally registered under an Australian road law, the conditions of the registration.

The registration authority must—

give the information to the Regulator; and

the Regulator must include the information in the database of heavy vehicles.