4Modification of application of Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) Regulation

4 Modification of application of Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) Regulation

(1)  In this regulation –

Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) means the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation, as made under the Heavy Vehicle National Law and applied in this jurisdiction by section 5 of the Act;

specified heavy vehicle means a heavy vehicle that, immediately before the commencement day, was registered under the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 or a corresponding law.

(2)  Division 16 of Part 6 of Schedule 2 to the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) does not apply to buses operating in this jurisdiction.

(3)  Regulation 99(1) of the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) does not apply in this jurisdiction to –

(a) a specified heavy vehicle built with an exhaust system having an outlet that –

(i) is mounted at the front of the vehicle; and

(ii) extends to the edge of the vehicle’s bodywork; or

(b) a specified heavy vehicle, such as a tractor, built with an exhaust system having an outlet that is –

(i) mounted vertically at the front of the vehicle; and

(ii) higher than the driver seated on the vehicle.