sec.129Authority of special circumstances permit

sec.129 Authority of special circumstances permit

This section applies if a special circumstances permit has been issued to a person. An authorised person for the permit, when using a road, is not required to comply with a mass, load or dimension provision of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021 or a provision of the Queensland Road Rules to the extent compliance with the provision— is excused under the special circumstances permit; or is inconsistent with the person’s use of the road in the way permitted or required under the permit. See also section 85A (2) of the Act for the authority of a special circumstances permit that relates to using a motor vehicle on a road or in public place in a way that would otherwise contravene section 85A (1) of the Act . However, subsection (2) applies to the authorised person only if the person is using the road in the way permitted or required under the permit, including under the conditions stated in the permit. In this section— mass, load or dimension provision , of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021 , means a provision of part 4 or schedule 1 , part 6 , division 2 of that regulation. s 129 amd 2021 SL No. 114 s 148 ; 2023 Act No. 10 s 41 (sec.129-ssec.1) This section applies if a special circumstances permit has been issued to a person. (sec.129-ssec.2) An authorised person for the permit, when using a road, is not required to comply with a mass, load or dimension provision of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021 or a provision of the Queensland Road Rules to the extent compliance with the provision— is excused under the special circumstances permit; or is inconsistent with the person’s use of the road in the way permitted or required under the permit. See also section 85A (2) of the Act for the authority of a special circumstances permit that relates to using a motor vehicle on a road or in public place in a way that would otherwise contravene section 85A (1) of the Act . (sec.129-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) applies to the authorised person only if the person is using the road in the way permitted or required under the permit, including under the conditions stated in the permit. (sec.129-ssec.4) In this section— mass, load or dimension provision , of the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021 , means a provision of part 4 or schedule 1 , part 6 , division 2 of that regulation.

• (a) is excused under the special circumstances permit; or
• (b) is inconsistent with the person’s use of the road in the way permitted or required under the permit.