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National Transport Commission (Model Amendments Regulations 2008 (Twin Steer Mass and Loading Limits)) Regulations 20091

Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 293
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National Transport Commission Act 2003.
Dated 29 October 2009

  QUENTIN BRYCE
  Governor‑General
  By Her Excellency's Command

  ANTHONY ALBANESE
  Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the National Transport Commission (Model Amendments Regulations 2008 (Twin Steer Mass and Loading Limits)) Regulations 2009.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Model legislation — Model Amendments Regulations 2008 (Twin Steer Mass and Loading Limits)

  Under section 7 of the National Transport Commission Act 2003, Schedule 1 sets out amendments, in the form of a Bill, to model legislation about heavy vehicles.
Schedule 1 Model Amendments Regulations 2008 (Twin Steer Mass and Loading Limits)
                                 (regulation 3)

Contents

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PART 1 — GENERAL MATTERS 4
      1. Name
      2. Purpose
      3. Approval

      PART 2 — AMENDMENTS TO THE ROAD TRANSPORT REFORM (MASS AND LOADING) REGULATIONS
      4. Regulations being amended by this Part
      5.  Mass limits relating to axle spacing

      PART 3 — AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGHER MASS LIMITS – LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE
      6. Provisions being amended by this Part
      7. Application
      8. Interpretation

Model Amendment Regulations 2008 (Twin Steer Mass and Loading Limits)

The following provisions are intended to provide the basis for nationally consistent transport laws on the topics with which they deal. They do not, of themselves, have any legal effect.

        Part 1 — General Matters

      1. Name

      These are the Model Amendments Regulations 2008 (Twin Steer Mass and Loading Limits).

      2. Purpose

      The main purpose of these Regulations is to enable certain heavy vehicles fitted with a twin steer axle group to operate at an increased mass.

      3. Approval

      These Regulations were approved by the Australian Transport Council on 21 February 2008.

        Part 2 — Amendments to the Road Transport Reform (Mass and Loading) Regulations

      4. Regulations being amended by this Part

      These Regulations amend the Road Transport Reform (Mass and Loading) Regulations.

      5. Mass limits relating to axle spacing

      (1) In clause 1.3 of the Schedule –
             (a) in subclause (1), for "42.5 tonnes" substitute "46.5 tonnes";
             (b) in Table 2, for the last item substitute –
"10.0   10.5  42.5";

(c) at the end of Table 2 insert the following items –
"10.5  11.0  43.0
11.0   11.5  43.5
11.5   12.0  44.0
12.0   12.5  44.5
12.5   13.0  45.0
13.0   13.5  45.5
13.5   14.0  46.0
14.0         46.5".

      (2) For subclause 1.4 (1) of the Schedule substitute –

             "(1) The total mass of a combination (including