TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, SCHEDULE 3 - AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES 1999
103Load limit signs
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103 Load limit signs (1) A driver must not drive past a bridge load limit (gross mass) sign or gross load limit sign if the total of the gross mass (in tonnes) of the driver's vehicle, and any vehicle connected to it, is more than the gross mass indicated by the sign. Note (2) A driver must not drive past a bridge load limit (mass per axle group) sign if the mass (in tonnes) carried by an axle group of the driver's vehicle, or any vehicle connected to it, is more than the mass indicated by the sign for the axle group.
Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 102 vehicle includes any load carried by the vehicle. Bridge load limit (gross mass) sign Gross load limit sign Bridge load limit (mass per axle group) sign There are a number of other permitted versions of the bridge load limit (mass per axle group) sign – see the diagrams in Schedule 3.