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INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1992 NO. 350

STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 350

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Land Transport

Interstate Road Transport Act 1985

Interstate Road Transport Regulations (Amendment)

Subsection 56(1) of the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act. The Interstate Road Transport Regulations (the Regulations) are made under that subsection. The Act and the Regulations together set up the Federal Interstate Registration Scheme (FIRS) for interstate passenger and goods vehicles, and regulate the operation of vehicles registered under FIRS.

The Act was amended in 1991 by the Interstate Road Transport Amendment Act 1991 to provide for the registration and regulation of prime movers and trailers to be used as part of a B-double combination under FIRS.

The amending Regulations clarify operating requirements in relation to the distribution of the load in a B-double where anti-lock brakes have not been fitted. In addition, the amending Regulations make some minor drafting amendments.

Details of the amending Regulations are set out in the Attachment.

The amending Regulations commenced on the date of Gazettal.

ATTACHMENT

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT REGULATIONS

DETAILS OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION 1:

Cited the Interstate Road Transport Regulations as the Principal Regulations.

REGULATION 2:

Removed definition of "national standard". This corrects an error which resulted in there being 2 slightly different definitions of "national standard" in the Regulations.

REGULATION 3:

Minor drafting amendment of existing regulation 5A to ensure that there is consistency of expression in the regulation.

REGULATION 4:

minor drafting amendment of existing regulation 12A to remove the superfluous word "a".

REGULATION 5:

Existing regulation 120 specifies the height of a B-double. The amendment includes the load as well as the vehicle's equipment within the prescribed height of a B-double.

A further amendment clarifies the situation in relation to the loading of multi-deck stock crates.

REGULATION 6:

Replaced existing regulation 12ZA. Regulation 12ZA specifies the distribution of the load in a B-double. The regulation clarifies the minimum requirements for the distribution of the load in a Bdouble not fitted with anti-lock brakes.