Victorian Numbered Regulations

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2021 (SR NO 47 OF 2021) - REG 144

    (1)     A person must not use, or permit to be used, on a highway a goods vehicle propelled by a spark ignition engine or a bus propelled by a spark ignition engine if that vehicle or bus—

        (a)     is not approved in accordance with ADR 83/00; and

        (b)     emits, or is capable of emitting, noise exceeding the noise level specified in subregulation (2).

Penalty:     20 penalty units for a natural person;

100 penalty units for a body corporate.

Note

An infringement notice may be served for an offence against this regulation—see regulation 169 and Schedule 10.

    (2)     For the purposes of subregulation (1), the specified noise level for a vehicle that has a date of manufacture set out in column 1 of the following Table, a GVM set out in column 2 of that Table and an exhaust height set out in column 3 of that Table, is the corresponding noise level specified in column 4 of that Table.

Table

Column 1 Date of manufacture	Column 2 GVM (tonnes)	Column 3 Exhaust height (millimetres)	Column 4 Noise level (dB(A))
Before 1 July 1983	≤ 3·5	< 1500	92
Before 1 July 1983	> 3·5 and ≤ 4·5	< 1500	98
Before 1 July 1983	≤ 3·5	≥ 1500	88
Before 1 July 1983	> 3·5 and ≤ 4·5	≥ 1500	94
On or after 1 July 1983	≤ 3·5	< 1500	89
On or after 1 July 1983	> 3·5 and ≤ 4·5	< 1500	95
On or after 1 July 1983	≤ 3·5	≥ 1500	85
On or after 1 July 1983	> 3·5 and ≤ 4·5	≥ 1500	91

    (3)     A person must not use, or permit to be used, on a highway a goods vehicle propelled by a diesel engine or a bus propelled by a diesel engine if that vehicle or bus—

        (a)     is not approved in accordance with ADR 83/00; and

        (b)     emits, or is capable of emitting, noise exceeding the noise level specified in subregulation (4).

Penalty:     20 penalty units for a natural person;

100 penalty units for a body corporate.

Note

An infringement notice may be served for an offence against this regulation—see regulation 169 and Schedule 10.

    (4)     For the purposes of subregulation (3), the specified noise level for a vehicle that has a date of manufacture set out in column 1 of the following Table, a GVM set out in column 2 of that Table and an exhaust height set out in column 3 of that Table, is the corresponding noise level specified in column 4 of that Table.

Table

Column 1 Date of manufacture	Column 2 GVM (tonnes)	Column 3 Exhaust height (millimetres)	Column 4 Noise level (dB(A))
Before 1 July 1980	≤ 3·5	< 1500	105
Before 1 July 1980	> 3·5 and ≤ 4·5	< 1500	107
Before 1 July 1980	≤ 3·5	≥ 1500	101
Before 1 July 1980	> 3·5 and ≤ 4·5	≥ 1500	103
On or after 1 July 1980 and before 1 July 1983	≤ 3·5	< 1500	102
On or after 1 July 1980 and before 1 July 1983	> 3·5 and ≤ 4·5	< 1500	104
On or after 1 July 1980 and before 1 July 1983	≤ 3·5	≥ 1500	98
On or after 1 July 1980 and before 1 July 1983	> 3·5 and ≤ 4·5	≥ 1500	100
On or after 1 July 1983	≤ 3·5	< 1500	99
On or after 1 July 1983	> 3·5 and ≤ 4·5	< 1500	101
On or after 1 July 1983	≤ 3·5	≥ 1500	95
On or after 1 July 1983	> 3·5 and ≤ 4·5	≥ 1500	97