Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00853:reg:5:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00853
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 9173–11916

2: Where a range of widths may apply to a model, some national road vehicle standards will require the intended range of vehicle widths to be accounted for during testing. A vehicle may be manufactured with an overall width no greater than 2,500 mm but still be a Safer Freight Vehicle, as defined in this instrument.
Safer Freight Vehicle Identification Code, in relation to a Safer Freight Vehicle, means a string of information about the vehicle, expressed in the following format:
SFV‑XX‑Y1Y1Y1Y1‑Y2Y2Y2Y2
where:
 (a) the letters 'SFV' are short for Safer Freight Vehicle;
 (b) the letters 'XX' are:
 (i)  for a prime mover—replaced by 'PM';
 (ii) for a chassis‑cab—replaced by 'CC';
 (iii) for a partially completed vehicle other than a chassis‑cab—replaced by 'IO';
 (iv) for a vehicle of any other kind—omitted;
 (c) the characters 'Y1Y1Y1Y1' are replaced by the maximum overall width (in millimeters) of the vehicle; and
Note 1: The actual overall width of the vehicle may be less than its maximum overall width, due to manufacturing tolerances for the design. See the definition of maximum overall width.
Note 2: The maximum overall width that is entered for a vehicle should reflect the design specifications it was manufactured to, and stage of manufacture, at the time it is entered on the RAV. It should not reflect a possible or intended future stage of manufacture of the vehicle (for example, in the case of a chassis‑cab, it should not reflect the addition of a body that is to be fitted during a later stage of manufacture).
 (d) the characters 'Y2Y2Y2Y2' are:
 (i) where the maximum overall width referred to in paragraph (c) is less than the maximum permissible overall width (in millimetres) of the vehicle—replaced by that maximum permissible overall width;
 (ii) otherwise—omitted.
Note 1: The maximum permissible overall width must exceed 2,500 mm. See the definition of Safer Freight Vehicle.
Note 2: There are a number of circumstances in which the maximum overall width in paragraph (c) will be less than the maximum permissible overall width, such as:
(a) where a chassis‑cab is intended to have a (wider) body fitted during a later stage of manufacture, or through modification in accordance with the NHVR Code of Practice for the Approval of Heavy Vehicle Modifications, and this increased vehicle width has been accounted for as part of the approval to relevant national road vehicle standards (see Note 3 for examples); and
(b) where a goods vehicle, which is complete at the time when it is entered on the RAV, meets all the national road vehicle standard requirements necessary to allow for an increase in the overall width of the vehicle without further approval.
Note 3: Some national road vehicle standards