Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (DIMENSIONS AND MASS) ACT 1990

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Vehicles to which Act applies  
   5.      Notes  
   6.      Meaning of mass carried by a wheel and journey  
   7.      Provisions for def of forward projection and def of rear  

   PART 2--DIMENSIONS AND DESIGN OF VEHICLES

   9.      Vehicles—determination of dimensions other than width  
   10.     Width of vehicles—determination  
   17.     Required axle groups  
   18.     Steering systems  
   19.     Turning circle  
   20.     Suspension systems  
   21.     Suspension isolating devices  

   PART 3--LOADS AND EQUIPMENT

   24.     Gross mass  
   25.     Wheel and axle loads  
   26.     Tyre pressure  

   PART 4--NONCOMPLYING VEHICLES AND EXCESS LOADS

   27.     Permits  
   28.     Permits to be issued for certain vehicles  
   29.     Applications for permits  
   30.     Issue of permit subject to conditions  
   31.     Factors related to issue of permit  
   31A.    Exemptions  

   PART 5--OFFENCES

   32.     Driving vehicle with trailer attached  
   33.     Offences—mass  
   34.     Offences—width of vehicles  
   35.     Offences—dimensions other than width  
   36.     Offences—design and tyre pressure, and conditions not related to mass or  
   37.     Use of trailer with articulated vehicle  
   38.     Production of permit  
   39.     Offences by people other than drivers  
   40A.    No offence if permit or exemption in force  
   40B.    Other defences  

   PART 6--INSPECTION OF VEHICLES

   41.     Inspection of vehicles  
   42.     Certificate of inspection  
   43.     Unattended vehicles  
   44.     Offences related to s 43 notice  
   45.     Directions related to loads  
   47.     Contravention of directions under pt 6  

   PART 7--APPROVED PORTABLE WEIGHING DEVICES

   49.     Approval of portable weighing devices  
   50.     Evidence of mass  
   51.     Determination of mass or load with approved portable weighing device  
   52.     Certificates to be evidence  
   53.     Interfering with approved portable weighing device  

   PART 8--MISCELLANEOUS

   54.     Evidence  
   55.     References to Motor Vehicles (Dimensions and Mass) Act  
   57.     Determinations  
   58.     Regulation-making power  
           DICTIONARY
           ENDNOTES