Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1985 - SECT 13

             (1)  The regulations may make provision for and in relation to:

                     (a)  requiring a registered motor vehicle or trailer to comply with such requirements as are specified in the regulations;

                    (aa)  requiring a registered motor vehicle or trailer, other than a vehicle or trailer being operated as part of a B‑double, to comply with such mass limits as are specified in the regulations;

                     (b)  requiring the owner of a registered motor vehicle or trailer to cause the motor vehicle or trailer to be fuelled, lubricated, cleaned, maintained or repaired, or to cause other acts or things to be done in relation to the motor vehicle or trailer, in accordance with the regulations;

                     (c)  requiring arrangements relating to insurance to be in force in connection with a registered motor vehicle or trailer;

                     (d)  prohibiting the defacement, or the alteration, without the authority of a Registration Authority, of certificates of registration, registration plates and registration labels;

                     (e)  requiring registered motor vehicles or trailers to be produced for inspection by a Registration Authority or by a person authorised by a Registration Authority;

                      (f)  the issue, replacement and return of certificates of registration, registration plates and registration labels;

                     (g)  requiring notification to be given to a Registration Authority of such matters as are prescribed;

                     (h)  regulating the use of registration plates and labels; and

                      (j)  prohibiting the display of words, letters or digits that are, or other matter that is, capable of being mistaken for a registration plate or label.

             (2)  Without limiting the generality of paragraph (1)(aa), regulations for the purposes of that paragraph may make provision for and in relation to requiring registered motor vehicles or trailers:

                     (a)  to be weighed; and

                     (b)  if necessary, to be unloaded;

for the purpose of ensuring that they comply with mass limits.