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This notice may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) (Vehicles Transporting Hay) Notice 2024 .
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Tasmania regulation
This notice gives a three‑year, statewide exemption allowing light vehicles or light combinations carrying only hay bales or rolls to operate without complying with two specific vehicle‑operation rules, provided they meet size, marking and visibility conditions. It affects people who drive or arrange hay transport: they can move wider loads in some cases but must install signs, flags and lights when required and respect a specific Bridgewater Bridge height/width cap; those operators bear the compliance costs and enforcement risk.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) (Vehicles Transporting Hay) Notice 2024.
This notice may be cited as the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) (Vehicles Transporting Hay) Notice 2024 .
This notice takes effect on 1 December 2024.
(1) In this notice –
Vehicle Operations Regulations means the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2024 .
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or phrase that is defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 or the Vehicle Operations Regulations and used in this notice has the same meaning in this notice as defined in that Act or in those regulations.
(3) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this notice as if it were rules within the meaning of that Act.
An exemption specified in this notice –
(a) applies to all areas of the State; and
(b) applies at all times of the day; and
(c) remains in force for a period of 3 years commencing on the date on which this notice takes effect.
(1) In this clause –
oversize vehicle sign means an oversize vehicle warning sign in accordance with Divisions 1 and 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Vehicle Operations Regulations.
(2) Subject to the conditions specified in subclause (3) , regulations 10 and 28 of the Vehicle Operations Regulations do not apply to a person using, or causing or permitting the use of, a light vehicle or light combination carrying only hay that is in bales or rolls.
(3) The exemption under subclause (2) is subject to the following conditions:
(a) the width of the vehicle or combination, inclusive of its load, must not exceed 3 metres;
(b) if the width of the vehicle or combination, inclusive of its load, exceeds 2.5 metres, the vehicle or combination must display –
(i) an oversize vehicle sign on the front and rear of the vehicle or combination; and
(ii) flags in accordance with clause 4 of Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Operations Regulations; and
(iii) warning lights if the vehicle or combination is used at night;
(c) if the exemption relates to regulation 28, the width of the vehicle, exclusive of its load, must exceed 2.3 metres;
(d) the vehicle or combination must not be used if –
(i) visibility is less than 250 metres in daylight; or
(ii) the headlights of a standard vehicle approaching within 250 metres would be unable to be seen at night.
An exemption under this notice does not authorise the use of a light vehicle or light combination on the Bridgewater Bridge if the vehicle or combination, inclusive of its load, exceeds 4.6 metres in height or 2.5 metres in width.
This notice was made by The Transport Commission at a meeting held on 13 November 2024.
The common seal of The Transport Commission was affixed on 13 November 2024, in the presence of –
CYNTHIA HEYDON
Commissioner for Transport
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 20 November 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) (Vehicles Transporting Hay) Notice 2024 .
This notice takes effect on 1 December 2024.
(1) In this notice –
Vehicle Operations Regulations means the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2024 .
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or phrase that is defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 or the Vehicle Operations Regulations and used in this notice has the same meaning in this notice as defined in that Act or in those regulations.
(3) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this notice as if it were rules within the meaning of that Act.
An exemption specified in this notice –
(a) applies to all areas of the State; and
(b) applies at all times of the day; and
(c) remains in force for a period of 3 years commencing on the date on which this notice takes effect.
(1) In this clause –
oversize vehicle sign means an oversize vehicle warning sign in accordance with Divisions 1 and 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Vehicle Operations Regulations.
(2) Subject to the conditions specified in subclause (3) , regulations 10 and 28 of the Vehicle Operations Regulations do not apply to a person using, or causing or permitting the use of, a light vehicle or light combination carrying only hay that is in bales or rolls.
(3) The exemption under subclause (2) is subject to the following conditions:
(a) the width of the vehicle or combination, inclusive of its load, must not exceed 3 metres;
(b) if the width of the vehicle or combination, inclusive of its load, exceeds 2.5 metres, the vehicle or combination must display –
(i) an oversize vehicle sign on the front and rear of the vehicle or combination; and
(ii) flags in accordance with clause 4 of Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Operations Regulations; and
(iii) warning lights if the vehicle or combination is used at night;
(c) if the exemption relates to regulation 28, the width of the vehicle, exclusive of its load, must exceed 2.3 metres;
(d) the vehicle or combination must not be used if –
(i) visibility is less than 250 metres in daylight; or
(ii) the headlights of a standard vehicle approaching within 250 metres would be unable to be seen at night.
An exemption under this notice does not authorise the use of a light vehicle or light combination on the Bridgewater Bridge if the vehicle or combination, inclusive of its load, exceeds 4.6 metres in height or 2.5 metres in width.
This notice was made by The Transport Commission at a meeting held on 13 November 2024.
The common seal of The Transport Commission was affixed on 13 November 2024, in the presence of –
CYNTHIA HEYDON
Commissioner for Transport
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 20 November 2024
This notice is administered in the Department of State Growth.