Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00713:clause:1_10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00713
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10
Character Range: 17372–19056

10  What is a regulated heavy vehicle
 (1) A regulated heavy vehicle is:
 (a) a heavy truck; or
 (b) a bus.
Note: A regulated heavy vehicle is a sub‑category of heavy vehicle as defined in the C & E Act.
 (2) A heavy truck is:
 (a) a motor vehicle (except a bus or tram) with a GVM over 12 tonnes; or
 (b) a motor vehicle (except a bus or tram) that is part of a combination, if the total of the GVMs of the vehicles in the combination is over 12 tonnes.
 (3) A bus is a motor vehicle built mainly to carry people that seats over 12 adults (including the driver).
 (4) A regulated heavy vehicle does not include:
 (a) plant; or
 (b) a motor home.
 (5) Plant is a motor vehicle that:
 (a) is built, or permanently modified, primarily to operate as a machine or implement:
 (i) off‑road; or
 (ii) on a road‑related area; or
 (iii) on an area of road that is under construction; and
 (b) is not capable of carrying goods or passengers by road.
Example of what is plant
An agricultural machine, backhoe, bulldozer, excavator, forklift, front‑end loader, grader, tractor or a motor vehicle that is registered as a type P plant‑based special purpose vehicle.
Example of what is not plant
A truck‑mounted crane or truck‑mounted drilling rig.
 (6) A motor home is a rigid or articulated motor vehicle or combination that is built, or permanently modified, primarily for residential purposes, but does not include a motor vehicle only because it is constructed with a sleeper berth.
      Drafting note: Implementing jurisdictions may vary the definition of regulated heavy vehicle to apply more broadly than provided for in this model legislation.

Subdivision 1.3.2—Who this Act applies to