Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00147:clause:1_3b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00147
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 3B
Character Range: 10545–11179

3B  Close‑spaced axles

 (1) For the purposes of this Act (other than the definitions of single axle group, tandem axle group, twinsteer axle group, tri‑axle group and quad‑axle group):
 (a) 2 axles less than one metre apart are to be regarded as one axle; and
 (b) 3 axles not more than 2 metres apart are to be regarded as 2 axles; and
 (c) 4 axles not more than 3.2 metres apart are to be regarded as 3 axles.

 (2) A reference to a distance in subsection (1) is a reference to the horizontal distance between the centre‑lines of:
 (a) in the case of paragraph (1)(a)—the 2 axles; and
 (b) in any other case—the outermost axles.