Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

MOTOR VEHICLES (DIMENSIONS AND MASS) ACT 1990 (NO 13 OF 1990)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Dimensions and Mass) Act 1990.  
   2.      (1) Section 1 and this section commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette.  
   4.      This Act applies to the following kinds of vehicles:  
   6.      The Registrar may, by signed instrument, delegate any of his or her powers or functions under this Act other than the power to appoint inspectors under subsection 7 (1).  

   PART II--DIMENSIONS AND DESIGN OF VEHICLES

   11.     The height of a vehicle together with any equipment or load being carried by it shall not exceed—  
   12.     The forward projection of a non-articulated vehicle, other than a semi-trailer, shall not exceed the aggregate of 8.3 metres and the length, if any, by which the overall length of the vehicle exceeds 11 metres.  
   14.     The distance between the point of articulation of the front section of an articulated bus and the rear axle centre of that section, measured horizontally and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the section, shall not exceed 40 per cent of the distance between the centre line of the most forward axle of the section and the rear axle centre of the section.  
   15.     The length of the loading space of a non-articulated vehicle that is located to the rear of the rear axle centre of the vehicle shall not exceed—  
   19.     A motor vehicle shall be capable of continuously turning to the left or to the right so that the outer edge of the tyre track of the vehicle forms a circle not exceeding 25 metres in diameter.  
   21.     Where an axle group of a vehicle has attached to it a device that enables the suspension of 1 or more of the axles of the axle group to be isolated from the suspension of the other axle or axles of the axle group so that load sharing among the axles of the axle group is altered or ceases, the controls of that device shall be so located that they are not capable of being operated by a person who is riding in or on the vehicle.  

   PART III--LOADS AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTING EQUIPMENT OR LOADS

   26.     The pressure in a pneumatic tyre of a vehicle shall not exceed—  

   PART IV--NON-COMPLYING VEHICLES AND EXCESS LOADS

   29.     An application for a permit shall—  
   30.     The Registrar may issue a permit under section 27 subject to any conditions specified in the permit, being conditions relating to—  
   31.     In deciding whether to issue a permit in respect of a vehicle, the Registrar shall have regard to—  

   PART V--OFFENCES OFFENCES RELATED TO MASS

   33.     A person shall not drive a vehicle on a public street or in a public place if the vehicle together with any equipment or load being carried by it does not comply with Part II or section 23 or 26.  
   34.     A person shall not drive an articulated vehicle on a public street or in a public place if a trailer is coupled to the vehicle.  
   35.     The driver of a vehicle in relation to which a permit is in force shall produce the permit to an inspector immediately upon being requested by the inspector to do so.  
   36.     A person who drives a vehicle in respect of which a permit is in force on a public street or in a public place—  
   39.     A person is not guilty of an offence against section 32, 33 or 34 if, at the time of the conduct that would have constituted the offence, there was in force a permit that permitted that conduct.  

   PART VI--INSPECTION OF VEHICLES INSPECTION OF VEHICLES

   42.     Where an inspector inspects a vehicle for the purposes of this Act and finds that the vehicle together with its equipment and load (if any) complies with the provisions of the Act in relation to which it is inspected, the inspector shall give the driver of the vehicle a certificate that specifies—  
   44.     While a notice under section 43 is in force in respect of a vehicle, a person shall not, without reasonable excuse—  
   47.     A person to whom an inspector gives a direction under this Part shall not refuse or fail to comply with that direction.  
   48.     A person shall not obstruct or hinder an inspector in the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under this Act.  

   PART VII--APPROVED PORTABLE WEIGHING DEVICES

   52.     In any proceedings in a court in which evidence is given of the determination of mass or load with an approved portable weighing device—  
   53.     A person shall not, knowingly and without lawful authority, tamper or interfere with, or damage the mechanism of, an approved portable weighing device by reference to which evidence of mass or load may be given under this Act or tamper or interfere with a seal affixed to such a device.  

   PART VIII--MISCELLANEOUS NOTICE OF DECISIONS

   55.     Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision referred to in subsection 54 (1).  
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