Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00523:schedule:2:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00523
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 4/4)
Character Range: 33387–35582

the combination has 6 axles or fewer; and
 (b) the maximum total mass that is legally allowable for the combination is 42.5 tonnes or less;
single axle means an axle not forming part of an axle group;
single axle group means a group of 2 or more axles, in which the horizontal distance between the centre‑lines of the outermost axles is less than 1 metre;
special purpose vehicle means –
 (a) a vehicle (other than a caravan, a mobile home, a mobile library, a mobile workshop, a mobile laboratory, a mobile billboard or a vehicle that the regulations declare not to be a special purpose vehicle for the purposes of this definition) where the primary purpose for which it was built, or permanently modified, was not the carriage of goods or passengers; or
 (b) any of the following vehicles –
 (i) a forklift;
 (ii) a straddle carrier;
 (iii) a mobile cherry picker;
 (iv) a mobile crane; or
[Drafting note: This provision reflects National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation ‑‑ Road Transport Charges Regulations) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1) (SLI No 33 of 2006) ‑ Schedule 2.]
 (c) a vehicle declared by the regulations to be a special purpose vehicle for the purposes of this definition;
Note: Clause 4 contains an interpretation provision affecting this definition.
special purpose vehicle (type O) means a special purpose vehicle (other than a special purpose vehicle (type P)) –
 (a) built, or permanently modified, primarily for use on roads; and
 (b) that has at least one axle or axle group loaded in excess of the axle load limits specified in Table 5;
Examples: Examples of this kind of vehicle are mobile cranes, fire engines, truck‑mounted concrete pumps and boring plants. These kinds of vehicle may also fall within the definition of special purpose vehicle (type T) if they have no axle or axle group loaded in excess of the axle load limits specified in Table 5.

Table 5

[Drafting note: This Table replicates that currently found in the Schedule Part 1 ('Axle load limits') of the Regulations.]

Axle load limits

Column 1  Column 2                                   Column 3

Item No   Type of axle or axle group                 Axle load limit (tonnes)