Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00581:clause:1_26:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00581
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 26 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 26627–29550

Commission (Road Transport Legislation—Mass and Loading Regulations) Regulations 2005.
Ministerial Council means the Ministerial Council for Road Transport established by the Heavy Vehicles Agreement, a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1 to the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991.
operator means a person who controls or directs the operations of a single motor vehicle or a combination, or who is otherwise responsible for it.
Oversize and Overmass Vehicles Regulations means the Road Transport Reform (Oversize and Overmass Vehicles) Regulations.
Note: For the text of the Road Transport Reform (Oversize and Overmass) Regulations, see Schedule 1 to the National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation—Oversize and Overmass Regulations) Regulations 2005.
restricted access vehicle means a single motor vehicle or a combination which alone, or together with any load, exceeds one or more of the following limits:
 (a) a mass limit prescribed in the Mass and Loading Regulations; or
 (b) one of the following dimension limits:
 (i) a width of 2.5 metres;
 (ii) a height of 4.3 metres;
 (iii) a length of 12.5 metres in the case of a single motor vehicle or 19 metres in the case of a combination;
 (iv) any other dimension limit specified in the Vehicle Standards Regulations.
Note: The Oversize and Overmass Vehicles Regulations apply to a vehicle or combination that:
(a) together with any load, exceeds:
 (i) a mass limit in the Mass and Loading Regulations; or
                (ii) a dimension limit in the Vehicle Standards Regulations or the Mass and
                Loading Regulations; and
(b) is of one of the following kinds:
 (i) a special purpose vehicle; or
 (ii) an agricultural machine or agricultural implement; or
 (iii) a vehicle or combination, including a low loader or load platform
 combination, that is specially designed for the carriage of a large
 indivisible item or is carrying a large indivisible item (but excluding
 B‑doubles, road trains, vehicles and combinations carrying containers
 and those used only on a railway or tramway).
 Under subregulation 5(1), Class 1 vehicles are excluded from the scope of these Regulations because they are dealt with under the Oversize and Overmass Vehicles Regulations.
road train means a combination, other than a B‑double, consisting of a motor vehicle towing at least 2 trailers (counting as one trailer a converter dolly supporting a semi‑trailer).
single motor vehicle means a motor vehicle that is not part of a combination.
vehicle registration authority, in relation to a vehicle, means:
 (a) the authority that last registered the vehicle; or
 (b) if the vehicle has never been registered—the authority responsible for registering vehicles in the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is used or is intended to be used.
Vehicle Standards Regulations means the Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicle Standards) Regulations.
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