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Passenger Transport (General) Regulation 2017
68LRestrictions on vehicles driven on certain railway structures
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#### 68L Restrictions on vehicles driven on certain railway structures
68L Restrictions on vehicles driven on certain railway structures
> > (1) The rail transport operator of a railway may, by notice exhibited conspicuously on or near a railway road bridge or other railway structure, fix a vehicle’s maximum loaded mass, maximum axle load or other load limit in respect of the bridge or structure.
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> > (2) A person must not drive on or over a railway road bridge or other railway structure a vehicle whose loaded mass, axle load or other load exceeds the maximum limit so fixed and notified unless—
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> > > (a) the person has obtained the written permission of the rail transport operator of the railway concerned to do so, and
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> > > (b) the vehicle is driven in conformity with any conditions determined by the rail transport operator in respect of it.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (3) In this clause, a reference to a railway road bridge or other railway structure is a reference to a bridge or other structure that is provided for the purpose of enabling vehicles to cross a running line.