Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00737:clause:1_13:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00737
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 13 (pt 1/11)
Character Range: 12873–15356

13  Declaring buses to be complying buses
 (1) This regulation applies to a bus with 2 or 3 axles and a single steer axle that:
 (a) is not fitted with a compliance plate in accordance with the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989; or
 (b) is fitted with a compliance plate in accordance with that Act but the compliance plate indicates that the bus was manufactured before 1 July 1994.
 (2) The vehicle registration authority may declare that a bus equipped with an approved air suspension system is a complying bus for the purposes of these Regulations if the vehicle registration authority is satisfied that the bus meets:
 (a) the emergency exit specifications in ADR 44; and
 (b) the rollover strength specifications in ADR 59; and
 (c) the occupant protection specifications in ADR 68.

Schedule—Mass and loading requirements
(regulation 5)

Part 1—Mass limits

1.1  Mass limit for a single vehicle
  The total mass of a vehicle and any load must not exceed the vehicle's GVM.

1.2  Mass limits for tyres, wheels and axles
 (1) The mass on a wheel or axle must not exceed the limit set by its manufacturer.
 (2) The mass on a tyre must not exceed the greatest load capacity determined for the tyre by the manufacturer at a cold inflation pressure that does not exceed:
 (a) 825 kilopascals for a radial ply tyre; or
 (b) 700 kilopascals for any other tyre.
 (3) The mass on an axle group or single axle must not exceed the limit provided for it in Table 1.
 (4) The mass limit in Table 1 that applies to an axle group that includes a retractable axle must be determined as if the axle did not exist, unless subclause (5) applies.
 (5) A retractable axle is part of an axle group for the purposes of Table 1 if, when the mass on the group exceeds:
 (a) 6 tonnes, in the case of a tandem axle group; or
 (b) 11 tonnes, in the case of a tri‑axle group.
the tyres on the axle are in contact with the ground and the load‑sharing suspension system is operating on each axle (including the retractable axle) and tyre in the group.
 (6) The sum of the mass on the axle groups and single axles on a vehicle or combination must not exceed:
 (a) in the case of a complying bus without a trailer:
 (i) if the complying bus has 2 axles—16.0 tonnes; and
 (ii) if the complying bus has a rear tandem axle group fitted with single tyres on one axle and dual tyres on the other axle—20.0 tonnes; and
 (iii) if the complying bus has a rear tandem axle group fitted with dual tyres on both axles—22.5