122Regulator’s power to exempt particular class 1 or class 3 heavy vehicle from compliance with mass or dimension requirement

122 Regulator’s power to exempt particular class 1 or class 3 heavy vehicle from compliance with mass or dimension requirement

122 Regulator’s power to exempt particular class 1 or class 3 heavy vehicle from compliance with mass or dimension requirement

(1) The Regulator may, by giving a person a permit as mentioned in section 127, exempt, for a period of not more than 3 years—

(a) a class 1 heavy vehicle or class 3 heavy vehicle from compliance with—

(i) a prescribed mass requirement; or

(ii) a prescribed dimension requirement; or

(b) a class 1 heavy vehicle or class 3 heavy vehicle from a requirement relating to the GCM of the vehicle, if subsection (2) applies.

(2) The Regulator may, under subsection (1), exempt a class 1 heavy vehicle or class 3 heavy vehicle that includes 2 or more prime movers or 2 or more hauling units from compliance with a mass requirement relating to the GCM of the individual prime movers or hauling units if the total GCM of the prime movers or hauling units complies with the mass requirement relating to the GCM of the combined prime movers or hauling units.

(3) An exemption under subsection (1) is a mass or dimension exemption (permit).

(4) A mass or dimension exemption (permit) may apply to 1 or more heavy vehicles.

Note—

See Division 4 of Part 4.7 in relation to amendment, suspension or cancellation of a mass or dimension exemption (permit).