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This notice may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) (Exemption) Notice 2024 .
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This notice allows vehicles or combinations over 25 tonnes gross mass to use a specified section of Mud Walls Secondary Road despite the usual restriction in regulation 53, where such access is necessary to garage the vehicle or pick up/drop off loads within the Southern Midlands municipal area or specified parts of Fingerpost and Colebrook Main Roads. It takes effect 1 November 2024, lasts three years, revokes the 2023 notice, and directly affects heavy‑vehicle operators, the Transport Commission (issuer) and local road users (ss2–6, Sch 1, s5).
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Direct links to the current provisions in Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) (Exemption) Notice 2024.
This notice may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) (Exemption) Notice 2024 .
This notice takes effect on 1 November 2024.
(1) In this notice –
exempt route means the section of Mud Walls Secondary Road between the following junctions:
(a) the junction of Mud Walls Secondary Road and Tea Tree Secondary Road;
(b) the junction of Mud Walls Secondary Road and the Midland Highway.
(2) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this notice as if it were regulations within the meaning of that Act.
An exemption specified in this notice –
(a) applies to the exempt route; and
(b) applies at all times of the day; and
(c) remains in force for the period of 3 years commencing on the date on which this notice takes effect.
A vehicle or combination that exceeds 25 tonnes gross mass is exempt from regulation 53 of the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2024 in respect of the exempt route if access to the exempt route, or to a road leading from that exempt route, is necessary for the vehicle or combination to –
(a) be garaged at an address within the municipal area of Southern Midlands; or
(b) pick up or drop off part, or all, of a load at a place within that municipal area; or
(c) be garaged at an address on Fingerpost Main Road between the following junctions:
(i) the junction of Fingerpost Main Road and the Tasman Highway;
(ii) the junction of Fingerpost Main Road and Colebrook Main Road; or
(d) be garaged at an address on Colebrook Main Road between the following junctions:
(i) the junction of Colebrook Main Road and Franklin Street;
(ii) the junction of Colebrook Main Road and Tea Tree Secondary Road; or
(e) pick up or drop off part, or all, of a load at a place between –
(i) the part of Fingerpost Main Road referred to in paragraph (c) ; or
(ii) the part of Colebrook Main Road referred to in paragraph (d) .
The legislation specified in Schedule 1 is revoked.
| Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) (Exemption) Notice 2023 (No. 44 of 2023) |
This notice was made by the Transport Commission at a meeting held on 16 September 2024.
The common seal of the Transport Commission was affixed on 16 September 2024, in the presence of –
MARTIN CRANE
Transport Commission
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 25 September 2024
This notice is administered in the Department of State Growth.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This notice may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) (Exemption) Notice 2024 .
This notice takes effect on 1 November 2024.
(1) In this notice –
exempt route means the section of Mud Walls Secondary Road between the following junctions:
(a) the junction of Mud Walls Secondary Road and Tea Tree Secondary Road;
(b) the junction of Mud Walls Secondary Road and the Midland Highway.
(2) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this notice as if it were regulations within the meaning of that Act.
An exemption specified in this notice –
(a) applies to the exempt route; and
(b) applies at all times of the day; and
(c) remains in force for the period of 3 years commencing on the date on which this notice takes effect.
A vehicle or combination that exceeds 25 tonnes gross mass is exempt from regulation 53 of the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2024 in respect of the exempt route if access to the exempt route, or to a road leading from that exempt route, is necessary for the vehicle or combination to –
(a) be garaged at an address within the municipal area of Southern Midlands; or
(b) pick up or drop off part, or all, of a load at a place within that municipal area; or
(c) be garaged at an address on Fingerpost Main Road between the following junctions:
(i) the junction of Fingerpost Main Road and the Tasman Highway;
(ii) the junction of Fingerpost Main Road and Colebrook Main Road; or
(d) be garaged at an address on Colebrook Main Road between the following junctions:
(i) the junction of Colebrook Main Road and Franklin Street;
(ii) the junction of Colebrook Main Road and Tea Tree Secondary Road; or
(e) pick up or drop off part, or all, of a load at a place between –
(i) the part of Fingerpost Main Road referred to in paragraph (c) ; or
(ii) the part of Colebrook Main Road referred to in paragraph (d) .
The legislation specified in Schedule 1 is revoked.
Clause 6
| Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) (Exemption) Notice 2023 (No. 44 of 2023) |
This notice was made by the Transport Commission at a meeting held on 16 September 2024.
The common seal of the Transport Commission was affixed on 16 September 2024, in the presence of –
MARTIN CRANE
Transport Commission
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 25 September 2024
This notice is administered in the Department of State Growth.