10What is a regulated heavy vehicle

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.

Note: Example of what is plant

Note: 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.

Note: Example of what is not plant

Note: 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.