Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00737:schedule:1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00737
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1
Character Range: 4064–5603

Schedule 1—Text of the Road Transport Reform (Mass and Loading) Regulations
(regulation 3)

Contents
1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Purpose
4 Interpretation
5 Application of the mass and loading requirements
6 Compliance with requirements—motor vehicles
7 Compliance with requirements—trailers
8 Compliance with requirements—combinations
9 Proof of loading offences
10 Penalty for an offence
11 Multiple offences
12 Failure to comply with certain exemption conditions
13 Declaring buses to be complying buses
Schedule—Mass and loading requirements
Part 1—Mass limits
1.1 Mass limit for a single vehicle
1.2 Mass limits for tyres, wheels and axles
1.3 Mass limits relating to axle spacing
1.4 Mass limits for combinations
Part 2—Size and projection of loads
2.1 Size limits
2.2 Front and side projections
2.3 Rear projections
2.4 Dangerous projections
Part 3—Placing and securing loads
3.1 Loading obligations
3.2 Trailers
Part 4—Interpretation
4.1 Definitions
Note: The purpose of these Regulations is to help manage road wear and the risk that vehicles and their loads may pose to road users.
 The Regulations are intended to match load limits on vehicles with the current capacity of roads and bridges.
 The Regulations therefore impose mass limits for vehicles and combinations, including their loads, as well as mass limits for individual tyres, wheels, axles and axle groups. The Regulations also impose rules about the size of a load, how far it may project from the vehicle, warning signals for certain projections, and securing loads.