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Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021
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#### 58 Determination of different mass limits
58 Determination of different mass limits
> > (1) This section applies to a motor lorry that is not a visiting motor lorry.
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> > (2) Transport for NSW may determine a mass limit for a motor lorry—
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> > > (a) if the lorry is not an existing motor lorry and no mass limit applies to the lorry under section 56(3) or (4), or
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> > > (b) if the lorry is an existing motor lorry and has been altered as referred to in section 57(3), or
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> > > (c) if the mass limit of the motor lorry applying under an earlier determination under this section is no longer in accordance with the safe working limits of the motor lorry, or
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> > > (d) on application by the responsible person for the motor lorry, if Transport for NSW is satisfied the safe loading limits of the motor lorry have been altered.
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> > (3) A determination under this section must be based on the construction and componentry of the lorry.
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> > (4) Transport for NSW must notify the responsible person for a motor lorry of—
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> > > (a) a determination made in relation to the lorry, and
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> > > (b) a refusal of an application by the responsible person under subsection (2)(d).
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> > (5) A determination under this section takes effect on the later of the following—
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> > > (a) the date on which notice of the determination is served on the responsible person for the motor lorry,
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> > > (b) the date specified in the notice.