Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407:clause:1_65
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 65
Character Range: 96378–96967

65  Relation between axles in axle group
 (1) The axles in an axle group, except a twinsteer axle group, fitted to a vehicle with a GVM over 4.5 tonnes must relate to each other through a load‑sharing suspension system.
 (2) In this rule:
load‑sharing suspension system means an axle group suspension system that:
 (a) is built to divide the load between the tyres on the group so that no tyre carries a mass over 10% more than the mass that it would carry if the load were divided equally; and
 (b) has effective damping characteristics on all axles of the group.

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