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Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021
56Mass limits for motor lorries other than existing motor lorries
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#### 56 Mass limits for motor lorries other than existing motor lorries
56 Mass limits for motor lorries other than existing motor lorries
> > (1) For the purposes of this Division, the mass limit of a motor lorry that is not an existing motor lorry is—
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> > > (a) if the lorry is an articulated vehicle—the GCM of the motor lorry, and
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> > > (b) if the lorry is not an articulated vehicle—the GVM of the motor lorry.
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> > (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the GCM or GVM of a motor lorry not altered since manufacture is the mass recorded for the type of motor lorry by Transport for NSW as the GCM or GVM, respectively.
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> > (3) However, for the purposes of subsection (1), the GCM for a motor lorry that is an articulated vehicle is 1.67 times the GVM recorded for the vehicle if—
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> > > (a) Transport for NSW has not recorded a GCM for the articulated vehicle, and
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> > > (b) Transport for NSW has recorded a GVM for its type of prime mover as a standard table top motor lorry.
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> > (4) The mass limit of a motor lorry is that determined under section 58 if—
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> > > (a) the motor lorry has been altered since manufacture, or
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> > > (b) the motor lorry has not been altered since manufacturer, but to which no mass limit applies under subsection (2) or (3).
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> > (5) The mass limit of a visiting motor lorry is determined in accordance with the law for the time being in force in the State or Territory where the lorry is registered if—
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> > > (a) the visiting motor lorry has been altered since manufacture, or
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> > > (b) the visiting motor lorry has not been altered since manufacturer, but to which no mass limit applies under subsection (2) or (3).