National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation – Compliance and Enforcement Bill) Regulations 2006
73Lower limits—width breaches: overall width of laden vehicle or combination
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 73
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation – Compliance and Enforcement Bill) Regulations 2006.
73 Lower limits—width breaches: overall width of laden vehicle or combination
(1) This section applies to a dimension requirement imposed by reference to the overall width of a vehicle or combination together with a load, where the load is a factor in determining the overall width.
Note: For example, a dimension requirement that a vehicle (and its load) must not be over 2.5 metres wide.
(2) A breach of a dimension requirement to which this section applies is categorised by reference to the length of the projection of the load from a side of the vehicle or combination. (3) If the load projects from both sides and the length of the projection from one side is greater than the length of the projection from the other side, the breach is to be categorised by reference to the longer projection. (4) Nothing in this section affects a person’s liability for a breach of a dimension requirement to which section 72 (Lower limits—width breaches: projection of load) applies. Substantial risk breach (5) The lower limit for a substantial risk breach of a dimension requirement to which this section applies is 40 millimetres measured from a side of the vehicle or combination. Severe risk breach (6) The lower limit for a severe risk breach of a dimension requirement to which this section applies is 80 millimetres measured from a side of the vehicle or combination.