1Objectives

The objectives of these Regulations are—

(a)

to make provision for the exemption by the relevant corporation of vehicles or classes of vehicles from the requirement to be registered under Part 4 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995; and

(b)

to exempt particular vehicles or classes of vehicle from the payment of tolls; and

(c)

to require the relevant corporation to cause notices to be placed in the vicinity of the Link road or the Extension road outside a toll zone; and

(d)

to prescribe tolling devices; and

(e)

to prescribe the manner in which tolling devices are to be tested and used; and

(f)

to prescribe the process for the production of an image or message; and

(g)

to prescribe the form and particulars of evidentiary certificates; and

(h)

to prescribe the period in which a nomination rejection statement can be given; and

Reg. 1(i) amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 4(a).

(i)

to prescribe the amount to be paid under a court order made under section 76 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995; and

Reg. 1(j) revoked by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 4(b).

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(k)

to prescribe any other matter required to be prescribed for the purposes of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 118 of the Melbourne City Link Act 1995.

3Revocations

The following Regulations are revoked—

(a)

Melbourne City Link Regulations 2009^[1];

(b)

Melbourne City Link Amendment Regulations 2012^[2];

(c)

Melbourne City Link Amendment Regulations 2014^[3].

4Definitions

In these Regulations—

checksum means a number produced by the application of an algorithm to the contents of—

(a)

a digital file (other than the checksum contained in the digital file); or

(b)

a toll message file (other than the checksum contained in the toll message file);

computer means any electronic device for storing or processing information;

connecting freeway means the following—

(a)

the Monash Freeway;

(b)

the Tullamarine Freeway;

(c)

the West Gate Freeway;

connecting road means—

(a)

in respect of the western link, a road specified in Part A of Schedule 1; or

(b)

in respect of the southern link, a road specified in Part B of Schedule 1; or

(c)

in respect of the Extension road, a road specified in Part C of Schedule 1;

control unit means a computer that temporarily stores images taken by a digital toll camera unit;

Reg. 4 def. of digital file amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 5(a).

digital file means a file in a digital format created by a digital toll camera unit, or an electronic copy of that file, that contains the following—

(a)

a digital image;

(b)

data indicating the toll zone in which the vehicle or trailer to which the image relates was used;

(c)

data from which the date on and the time at which that vehicle or trailer was used in the toll zone can be calculated;

(d)

the checksum for that digital file;

Reg. 4 def. of digital image amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 5(b).

digital image means—

(a)

an image of a vehicle or part of a vehicle that has been taken and processed into a digital format by a digital toll camera unit; or

(ab)

an image of a trailer or of part of a trailer attached to a vehicle that has been taken and processed into a digital format by a digital toll camera unit; or

(b)

an electronic copy of an image referred to in paragraph (a) or (ab);

digital toll camera unit means any of the following devices—

(a)

Vehicle Registration Sensor: Kapsch Part Number 8633 001-415;

(b)

Vehicle Registration Sensor: Kapsch Unit Colour FX-970;

(c)

Vehicle Registration Sensor: Kapsch Unit LPN FX-967;

(d)

Vehicle Registration Sensor: Kapsch Unit VRX-2400-LPC;

(e)

Vehicle Registration Sensor: Kapsch Unit VRX-2400-LPI;

(f)

Vehicle Registration Sensor: Kapsch Unit VRX-3401-LPC;

(g)

Vehicle Registration Sensor: Kapsch Unit VRX-3401-LPI;

registration number has the same meaning as licence plate number has in section 3 of the Act;

relevant corporation has the same meaning as paragraph (a) of the definition of relevant corporation in section 3 of the Act;

responsible road authority has the same meaning as it has in section 3(1) of the Road Management Act 2004;

Reg. 4 def. of Roads Corporation revoked by S.R. No. 150/2019 reg. 4.

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southern link means the southern link of the Project described in section 6(1)(a) of the Act;

Reg. 4 def. of tag amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 5(c).

tag means any of the following devices—

(a)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TRP4010;

(b)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3203/1xB;

(c)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3203/1xA;

(d)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3203/10A;

(e)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3203/10B;

(ea)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3203/10D;

(f)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3203/11A;

(g)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3203/11B;

(ga)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3203/11D;

(h)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3204/00A;

(i)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3204/01A;

(j)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3204/02A;

(k)

the vehicle transponder known as the Kapsch TS 3204/02B;

(l)

the vehicle transponder known as the Q-Free OBU615F;

Reg. 4 def. of testing officer amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 5(d).

testing officer means—

(a)

the head, or a person authorised by the head, of a faculty or department providing education or training in electrical engineering, communications engineering or electronics engineering at a university or TAFE institute within the meaning of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006; or

(b)

a person, or a member of a class of persons, approved by the Secretary to the Department of Transport and Planning as being appropriately qualified to conduct tests for the purposes of these Regulations; or

(c)

a testing officer of a testing facility accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia ACN 004 379 748 (NATA); or

(d)

a person who—

(i)

holds a Bachelor or higher degree in the field of electrical engineering, communications engineering or electronics engineering from a university within the meaning of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006; and

(ii)

is a member of the Institution of Engineers Australia; and

(iii)

is approved by the President of the Victorian Division of that Institution as being appropriately qualified to conduct tests for the purposes of these Regulations;

the Act means the Melbourne City Link Act 1995;

Reg. 4 def. of toll message file amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 5(e).

toll message file means a digital file created by a control unit, or an electronic copy of that file, that contains data indicating the following—

(a)

the toll zone in which the vehicle or trailer that the file relates to was used;

(b)

the date on and the time at which the vehicle or trailer was used in the toll zone;

(c)

the checksum for each digital file created in relation to the vehicle or trailer that was used in the toll zone;

(d)

the checksum for that toll message file;

western link means the western link of the Project described in section 6(1)(b) of the Act.

5Vehicles exempt from registration

For the purposes of section 73(5) of the Act, the relevant corporation may—

(a)

exempt a vehicle or class of vehicle from the requirement to be registered under Part 4 of the Act; and

(b)

make such exemptions—

(i)

the same for all cases, or different for different cases or classes of case, or different for the same case or class of case for different purposes; or

(ii)

either unconditionally or subject to any specified conditions and either wholly or to such an extent as is specified; or

(iii)

so as to apply at all times or at particular times or periods of time.

6Vehicles exempt from payment of tolls

For the purposes of sections 72A(b) and 73(6) of the Act, the following vehicles and classes of vehicle are exempt from the payment of tolls—

(a)

an ambulance under the control of—

(i)

an ambulance service within the meaning of the Ambulance Services Act 1986; or

(ii)

an ambulance service created under a law in force in another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth that the Minister, by notice in the Government Gazette, declares to be an ambulance service to which this paragraph applies; or

(iii)

the Australian Defence Force;

(b)

a fire service unit under the control of—

Reg. 6(b)(i) substituted by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 6(1).

(i)

Fire Rescue Victoria; or

Reg. 6(b)(ii) substituted by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 6(2).

(ii)

the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action; or

(iii)

the Country Fire Authority; or

(iv)

the Australian Defence Force;

(c)

a vehicle under the control of, or being used in the course of duty by—

(i)

a police officer or a member of a police force of another jurisdiction within the meaning of the Victoria Police Act 2013; or

(ii)

a member of a police force or police service of the Military, Naval or Air Force Police of the Australian Defence Force;

(d)

a vehicle under the control of the Australian Defence Force that is being used to convey any of its members or property while on march or duty;

Reg. 6(e) amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 6(3).

(e)

a vehicle being used to convey a member of the Australian Army engaged in connection with emergency ordnance disposal procedures;

(f)

an emergency vehicle being used in an emergency that is under the control of—

(i)

Airservices Australia established under the Air Services Act 1995 of the Commonwealth; or

(ii)

the Emergency Management Commissioner within the meaning of the Emergency Management Act 2013; or

(iii)

the Victoria State Emergency Service Authority established under the Victoria State Emergency Service Act 2005.

Note to reg. 6 substituted as Notes by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 6(4).

Notes

1. Emergency has the same meaning as it has in section 3 of the Emergency Management Act 2013.

2. See section 72(2) of the Act in relation to vehicles attached to trailers.

7Placement of notices in the vicinity of the Link road or the Extension road outside a toll zone

(1)

The Link corporation, with the consent of the responsible road authority, must cause a notice to be placed on a connecting freeway set out in Column 1 of the Table—

(a)

within each location set out in Column 2 of the Table that corresponds to the connecting freeway; and

(b)

before each entrance to the Link road; and

(c)

at a place that is adjacent to the carriageway so as to face a driver who is approaching the Link road; and

(d)

at a reasonable distance before each entrance to the Link road so that a driver can safely avoid entering the Link road.

Table

Column 1

Connecting freeway

Column 2

Location

Tullamarine Freeway

Southbound

Between the Bulla Road entrance and the Bell Street exit

West Gate Freeway

Westbound

Between the Montague Street entrance and the western link entrance

Eastbound

Between the Cook Street entrance and the western link entrance

Between the Montague Street entrance and the Power Street exit

Monash Freeway

Northbound

Between the Burke Road entrance and the Toorak Road exit

(2)

The Link corporation, with the consent of the responsible road authority, must cause a notice to be placed on a connecting road specified in Parts A and B of Schedule 1—

(a)

before each entrance to the Link road; and

(b)

at a place that is adjacent to the carriageway so as to face a driver who is approaching the Link road; and

(c)

at a reasonable distance before each entrance to the Link road so that a driver can safely avoid entering the Link road.

(3)

The relevant corporation, with the consent of the responsible road authority, must cause a notice to be placed on a connecting road specified in Part C of Schedule 1—

(a)

before each entrance to the Extension road; and

(b)

at a place that is adjacent to the carriageway so as to face a driver who is approaching the Extension road; and

(c)

at a reasonable distance before each entrance to the Extension road so that a driver can safely avoid entering the Extension road.

(4)

Nothing in this regulation prevents the relevant corporation, with the consent of the responsible road authority, from causing a notice other than a notice referred to in this regulation to be placed on a connecting freeway or a connecting road in the vicinity of the Link road or the Extension road outside a toll zone.

8Information to be provided by notices

(1)

A notice under regulation 7(1), (2) and (3) must provide that a vehicle is approaching a toll zone and that tolls will apply if the vehicle is used in the toll zone.

(2)

A notice under regulation 7(1), (2) and (3) may provide—

(a)

information in relation to how a person may register a vehicle under Part 4 of the Act; and

(b)

any information that the relevant corporation, with the consent of the responsible road authority, considers necessary to assist a person who is the driver of a vehicle used on the Link road or the Extension road (as the case may be).

9Prescribed tolling devices

The following are prescribed as tolling devices for recording the use of a vehicle in a toll zone—

(a)

a digital toll camera unit; and

(b)

a tag.

10Prescribed manner of use of digital toll camera unit

A digital toll camera unit is used in the prescribed manner if the unit—

Reg. 10(a) amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 7.

(a)

is positioned so that the unit takes images of the registration numbers of vehicles used in the toll zone, or of trailers attached to vehicles used in the toll zone, and transmits the images taken to a control unit; and

(b)

has been tested in the manner set out in regulation 11; and

(c)

is tested at the following times—

(i)

in the case of a unit that has been repaired or modified, after the repairs or modifications are made and before the unit's first use after the repairs or modifications; or

(ii)

in any other case, within a period of 24 months before the unit's use.

11Prescribed manner of testing of digital toll camera unit

(1)

A digital toll camera unit is tested in the prescribed manner if the testing officer who tests the unit—

(a)

is satisfied that—

(i)

the unit complies with regulation 10(a); and

(ii)

any maintenance or repairs carried out on the unit have been carried out in a satisfactory manner; and

(b)

makes a full and accurate record of each unit tested, including—

(i)

the serial number of the unit tested; and

(ii)

the date on and the time at which the test was carried out; and

(iii)

a statement that the unit satisfied each of the testing requirements referred to in paragraph (a); and

(c)

signs the record referred to in paragraph (b) and sets out in the record the testing officer's name and qualifications.

(2)

The testing officer must, within 21 days after testing a digital toll camera unit—

(a)

give the record referred to in subregulation (1)(b) to the relevant corporation; and

(b)

give a copy of that record to the enforcement agency.

(3)

The relevant corporation must retain a record given to it under subregulation (2)(a) for at least one year after the date on which the test was carried out.

12Prescribed process for production of image or message

(1)

For the purposes of sections 88(b) and 89(4)(e) of the Act, an image or message is produced by a prescribed process if—

(a)

a printed image is produced from a digital file created by a digital toll camera unit in accordance with subregulation (2); and

(b)

the data contained in the digital file has been verified by a computer—

(i)

recalculating the checksum for that digital file; and

(ii)

confirming that the checksum produced by the recalculation is identical to the checksum contained in that digital file, or the checksum for that digital file contained in the toll message file; and

(c)

the printed image contains an image and a message indicating—

Reg. 12(1)(c)(i) amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 8(1).

(i)

the toll zone in which the vehicle or trailer to which the image relates was used; and

Reg. 12(1) (c)(ii) amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 8(1).

(ii)

the date on and the time at which that vehicle or trailer was used in the toll zone.

(2)

For the purposes of subregulation (1), a digital file is created by a digital toll camera unit if the digital toll camera unit is used in the manner referred to in regulation 10 and the digital toll camera unit processes the image taken by the unit by—

(a)

converting the image taken into a digital format (with or without compressing the image); and

(b)

generating data—

Reg. 12(2)(b)(i) amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 8(2).

(i)

indicating the toll zone in which the vehicle or trailer to which the image relates was used; and

Reg. 12(2) (b)(ii) amended by S.R. No. 99/2025 reg. 8(2).

(ii)

from which the date on and the time at which that vehicle or trailer was used in the toll zone can be calculated; and

(c)

combining into one digital file, the digital image with the data referred to in paragraph (b); and

(d)

calculating a checksum for the digital file.

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