Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01129:clause:1_4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01129
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 4 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 5768–8653

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:
                  1.      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
                  2.      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 require variations in width to be accounted for during testing, such as:
                  1.      Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 14/03 – Devices for Indirect Vision) 2023, where dummy headboards may be used to simulate a range of body widths during testing; and
                  2.      Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 105/00 – Blind Spot Information Systems) 2023, where performance and test requirements include the prescribed distance of a test dummy from the extreme outer edge on the near side of the vehicle.
              Example 1: A prime mover manufactured to a maximum overall width of 2,540 mm, the maximum permissible width for which is also 2,540 mm, would have the following Safer Freight Vehicle Identification Code: SFV-PM-2540.
               In this example, the characters 'Y2Y2Y2Y2' are omitted because the maximum overall width of the vehicle is the same as the maximum permissible overall width.
              Example 2: A chassis-cab manufactured to a maximum overall width of 2,500 mm, but which meets all the national road vehicle standard requirements necessary to allow the vehicle (when completed) to