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the design and construction of vehicles as set out in the table below.
         2.                               Vehicles certified to any of the "Acceptable Prior Rules" as shown below in the Applicability Table for a particular vehicle category are deemed to comply with this national standard ** provided that 'T-Group' vehicles meet clause 6.1.2.4 and clause 7.3.1.

 1.                                     Applicability Table

Vehicle Category                   ADR Category Code [*]  UNECE Category Code *  Manufactured on or After  Acceptable Prior Rules
Moped 2 wheels                     LA                     L1                     1 March 1994              /02 /01
Moped 3 wheels                     LB                     L2                     1 March 1994              /02 /01
Motor cycle                        LC                     L3                     1 March 1994              /02 /01
Motor cycle and sidecar            LD                     L4                     1 March 1994              /02 /01
Motor tricycle                     LE                     L5                     1 March 1994              /02 /01
Passenger car                      MA                     M1                     1 Jan 1994                /02 /01
Forward-control passenger vehicle  MB                     M1                     1 Jan 1994                /02 /01
Off-road passenger vehicle         MC                     M1                     1 Jan 1994                /02 /01
Light omnibus                      MD                     M2                     1 July 1994               /02 /01
Heavy omnibus                      ME                     M3                     1 July 1994               /02 /01
Light goods vehicle                NA                     N1                     1 July 1994               /02 /01
Medium goods vehicle               NB                     N2                     1 July 1994               /02 /01
Heavy goods vehicle                NC                     N3                     1 July 1994               /02 /01
Very light trailer                 TA                     O1                     1 Jan 1994                /02** /01**
Light trailer                      TB                     O2                     1 Jan 1994                /02** /01**
Medium trailer                     TC                     O3                     1 Jan 1994                /02** /01**
Heavy trailer                      TD                     O4                     1 Jan 1994                /02** /01**

 1.                                           DEFINITIONS
     1.                                     Refer to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005.
 2.                                           TURNING CIRCLE
         Every vehicle must have a turning circle in either direction, as determined by reference to the extreme outer edge of the tyre track at ground level, not exceeding 25 metres in diameter.
 1.                                           DIMENSIONS OF VEHICLES
     1.                                      'Total Length', including any 'Equipment'
         1.                               Rigid vehicles
             1.                         The 'Total Length' of any vehicle, other than a 'Semi-trailer' must not exceed 12.5 metres.
         2.                                'Semi-trailers'
             1.                         The distance from the 'Point of Articulation' to the line from which the 'Rear Overhang' is measured must not exceed 9.5 metres.
             2.                         The forward projection from the 'Point of Articulation' of the 'Semi-trailer' portion of an 'Articulated Vehicle' must be contained within a radius of 1.9 metres.
             3.                         The distance from the 'Point of Articulation' to the 'Rear End' must not exceed 12.3 metres.
             4.                         The length available for the carriage of animals on a 'Livestock Trailer' must not be more than 12.5 metres when measured from the inside of the front wall or door of the trailer to the inside of the rear wall or door of the trailer (as the case may be), and any intervening partition must be disregarded.
         3.                               Non-rigid vehicles (other than 'Road Trains', 'B‑Doubles'