Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00853:reg:5:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00853
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 11677–14653

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:
(a) 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
(b) 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 have an overall width of up to 2,550 mm, would have the following Safer Freight Vehicle Code: SFV‑CC‑2500‑2550.
               In this example, both the characters 'Y1Y1Y1Y1'and 'Y2Y2Y2Y2' are replaced with measurements because the maximum overall width (2,500 mm) is less than the maximum permissible overall width (2,550 mm).
              Example 3: A rigid heavy goods vehicle manufactured to a maximum overall width of 2,480 mm as a completed vehicle with body fitted, and which meets all the national road vehicle standard requirements necessary to allow the vehicle to have an overall width of up to 2,550 mm, would have the following Safer Freight Vehicle Identification Code: SFV‑2480‑2550.
               In this example, the letters 'XX' are omitted because the vehicle is not a prime mover, chassis‑cab or partially completed vehicle other than a chassis‑cab.
 (2) The following expressions have the same meaning as in the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule—Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005:
 (a) B‑Double;
 (b) chassis‑cab;
 (c) gross combination mass;
 (d) gross trailer mass;
 (e) heavy goods vehicle;
 (f) overall width;
 (g) partially completed vehicle;
 (h) prime mover;
 (i) road train;
 (j) seating capacity;
 (k) tare mass;
 (l) tare mass of an L‑Group vehicle;
 (m) trailer;
 (n) vehicle category code.
Note: Other expressions used in this instrument may also have the same meaning as in that vehicle standard.
 (3) In this instrument, vehicle category includes a subcategory of vehicle category set out in the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule—Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005.