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ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 153

Mass limits

    (1)     A mass limit is a limit specified under this Act concerning the mass of—

        (a)     a vehicle; or

        (b)     any component of a vehicle.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), the following are mass limits—

        (a)     a limit concerning—

              (i)     the gross mass of a vehicle (that is, the unladen mass of the vehicle together with any load in or on the vehicle); or

              (ii)     the mass on a tyre, an axle or an axle group of the vehicle;

        (b)     a limit concerning axle spacing;

        (c)     mass limits set out on signs erected or displayed under this Act (for example, a sign-posted bridge limit).

    (3)     A breach of a mass limit is a minor risk breach if—

        (a)     in the case of a mass limit that relates to the gross mass of a vehicle, the amount by which the limit is exceeded is less than either or both of the following—

              (i)     5% of the maximum permissible mass; or

              (ii)     0·5 tonnes; or

        (b)     in any other case, the amount by which the limit is exceeded is less than 5% of the maximum permissible mass.

    (4)     Subject to subsection (3)(a)(ii), a breach of a mass limit is a substantial risk breach if the amount by which the limit is exceeded is 5% or more of the maximum permissible mass, but less than 20% of the maximum permissible mass.

    (5)     A breach of a mass limit is a severe risk breach if the amount by which the limit is exceeded is 20% or more of the maximum permissible mass.

    (6)     For the purposes of this section, all relevant measurements are to be rounded up to the nearest 0·1 tonnes.

S. 154 inserted by No. 110/2004 s. 41.



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