Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE ACT 1985 - SECT 3B

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act (other than the definitions of single axle group , tandem axle group , twinsteer axle group , tri‑axle group and quad‑axle group ):

                     (a)  2 axles less than one metre apart are to be regarded as one axle; and

                     (b)  3 axles not more than 2 metres apart are to be regarded as 2 axles; and

                     (c)  4 axles not more than 3.2 metres apart are to be regarded as 3 axles.

             (2)  A reference to a distance in subsection (1) is a reference to the horizontal distance between the centre‑lines of:

                     (a)  in the case of paragraph (1)(a)--the 2 axles; and

                     (b)  in any other case--the outermost axles.