Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00742:clause:1_508:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00742
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 508 (pt 2/21)
Character Range: 26083–28521

(3) The centre lines of adjacent axles in an axle group on an overmass vehicle or combination must be at least 1.2 m apart.
       Rigid mobile crane, showing dimension limits

1.3  Making an unloaded vehicle smaller
  An oversize vehicle without a load must be reduced to the smallest practicable dimensions, with any booms fully retracted.

1.4  Warning devices for oversize vehicles
 (1) An oversize vehicle or combination, together with any load, that is wider than 2.5 m, or longer than 25 m, must have:
 (a) one warning sign at its front; and
 (b) one warning sign at its rear or, if it is carrying a rear‑projecting load, at the rear of the load; and
 (c) 4 brightly coloured red, yellow, or red and yellow, flags, each at least 450 mm long and at least 450 mm wide.
 (2) One of the flags must be positioned at each side of the front and rear:
 (a) of any projecting load; or
 (b) if there is no projecting load—of the vehicle or combination.
 (3) An oversize vehicle or combination that, together with any load, is not wider than 2.5 m, and whose length is more than 22 m but not more than 25 m, must have one warning sign at its rear or, if it is carrying a rear‑projecting load, at the rear of the load.
 (4) Subclauses (1), (2) and (3) do not apply to:
 (a) a road construction vehicle or combination travelling within 1 km of a construction site, if the vehicle has a warning light; or
 (b) a tractor; or
 (c) a rigid mobile crane less than 3 m wide.
 (5) If a load projects more than 150 mm beyond one side of an oversize vehicle or combination, and the projection is less than 500 mm thick from top to bottom, there must be:
 (a) a warning light attached to the vehicle or combination; and
 (b) at least two yellow, rigid pieces of material (known as 'delineators'), one attached to the front and the other attached to the rear of the projection.
Note: If the load projects more than 150 mm beyond both sides of the vehicle there must be at least 4 delineators—at least one on each side at the front and at least one on each side at the rear.
 (6) A delineator must:
 (a) be at least 300 mm long and at least 300 mm wide; and
 (b) comply with Class 1 or 2 of Australian Standard AS 1906, 'Retro‑reflective Materials and Devices for Road Traffic Control Purposes', 1990 as amended and in force at the commencement of these Regulations; and
 (c) if at the front of the projection, be attached so that its reflective surface is