136Class 2 heavy vehicles

136 Class 2 heavy vehicles

136 Class 2 heavy vehicles

(1) A heavy vehicle is a class 2 heavy vehicle if—

(a) it—

(i) complies with the prescribed mass requirements and prescribed dimension requirements applying to it; and

(ii) is—

(A) a B-double; or

(B) a road train; or

(C) a bus, other than an articulated bus, that is longer than 12.5m; or

(D) a combination designed and built to carry vehicles on more than 1 deck that, together with its load is longer than 19m or higher than 4.3m; or

(E) a motor vehicle, or a combination, that is higher than 4.3m and is built to carry cattle, sheep, pigs or horses; or

(b) it is a PBS vehicle other than a specified PBS vehicle.

(2) In this section—

specified PBS vehiclemeans a PBS vehicle that—

(a) is not a bus; and

(b) is not longer than 20m; and

(c) is the subject of a current PBS vehicle approval at performance level 1; and

(d) complies with the PBS vehicle approval; and

(e) complies with the general mass limits for the vehicle, regardless of whether the PBS vehicle approval authorises a higher mass limit.

Note—

General mass limits for a vehicle may be included in prescribed mass requirements under section 95.

s 136: Am 2018 No 18, sec 13.