Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland)
sec.138Regulator’s power to authorise use of all or stated categories of class 2 heavy vehicles
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sec.138 Regulator’s power to authorise use of all or stated categories of class 2 heavy vehicles
The Regulator may, by Commonwealth Gazette notice complying with section 142 , authorise, for a period of not more than 5 years, the use of all or stated categories of class 2 heavy vehicles in one or more of the following ways— in stated areas or on stated routes; during stated hours of stated days; in the case of PBS vehicles, in accordance with a stated requirement that the vehicles are operated in accordance with the conditions contained in a PBS vehicle approval. An authorisation under subsection (1) is a class 2 heavy vehicle authorisation (notice) . See Division 3 of Part 4.7 in relation to amendment, suspension or cancellation of a class 2 heavy vehicle authorisation (notice). (sec.138-ssec.1) The Regulator may, by Commonwealth Gazette notice complying with section 142 , authorise, for a period of not more than 5 years, the use of all or stated categories of class 2 heavy vehicles in one or more of the following ways— in stated areas or on stated routes; during stated hours of stated days; in the case of PBS vehicles, in accordance with a stated requirement that the vehicles are operated in accordance with the conditions contained in a PBS vehicle approval. (sec.138-ssec.2) An authorisation under subsection (1) is a class 2 heavy vehicle authorisation (notice) . See Division 3 of Part 4.7 in relation to amendment, suspension or cancellation of a class 2 heavy vehicle authorisation (notice).
- (a) in stated areas or on stated routes;
- (b) during stated hours of stated days;
- (c) in the case of PBS vehicles, in accordance with a stated requirement that the vehicles are operated in accordance with the conditions contained in a PBS vehicle approval.