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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC AMENDMENT (VEHICLE OPERATIONS) ACT 2001 (NO. 71 OF 2001) - SECT 4

Section 3 amended (Interpretation)

Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by inserting the following definition before the definition of ancillary certificate :
ADR means a national standard under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth, as amended and in force from time to time;
(b) by inserting the following definition after the definition of driver licence receipt :
escort vehicle means a vehicle that is being used –
(a) to transport a police officer or an authorised officer; and
(b) to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle or combination;
(c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of manufacturer :
mass includes weight;
(d) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of nominated configuration :
overmass means having a mass, including any load, that exceeds a prescribed mass limit under this Act;
oversize means having a dimension, including any load, that exceeds a prescribed dimension limit under this Act;
(e) by inserting the following definition after the definition of passenger vehicle :
pilot vehicle means a vehicle that –
(a) is being used to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle or combination; and
(b) is not an escort vehicle;
(f) by inserting the following definition after the definition of short term unregistered vehicle permit :
speed limiting device means a device that –
(a) prevents a vehicle from being driven on a level road at more than 100 kilometres an hour; and
(b) complies with ADR 65 for speed limiting devices, issued by the Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services;
(g) by inserting the following definition after the definition of vehicle registration authority :
weighing device means a weighbridge or a portable weighing device;
(h) by omitting "trolley." from the definition of wheelchair and substituting "trolley;" ;
(i) by inserting the following definition after the definition of wheelchair :
wheel load means the mass transmitted to a road by the tyre of a vehicle wheel.



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