Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT ACT 1995 No. 51 of 1995 - SCHEDULE 1

                          SCHEDULE                    Section 3

AMENDMENTS OF THE INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE ACT 1985 1. Section 5:
Repeal the section, substitute: Amount of charge

"5.(1) The amount of charge in respect of the registration of a motor vehicle
or trailer referred to in Part 2 of the Schedule in relation to a year
commencing on 1 July 1995 and subsequent years is the amount applicable to
motor vehicles or trailers of that kind under the Schedule.

"(2) If a motor vehicle or trailer falls within 2 or more categories specified
in the table in Part 2 of the Schedule, the registration charge for the
vehicle is the higher or highest of the charges that could apply to the
vehicle. Alteration of amounts specified in the Schedule

"6. The regulations may alter the amounts specified in the Schedule in
relation to a year, but any alteration in relation to a year must not increase
or decrease the amounts applicable to the previous year by more than 5%.". 2.
Add at the end:

"SCHEDULE Sections 5 and 6

"PART 1-INTERPRETATION 1. In this Schedule:
'articulated bus' means a bus consisting of more than one rigid section with
passenger access between the sections and the sections connected to one
another so as to allow rotary movement between the sections;
'axle' means the axis of rotation of a row of tyres across a vehicle;
'axle group' means one axle or consecutive axles connected by a
load sharing suspension system or steering mechanism;   'bus'
means a motor vehicle principally constructed to carry more than 12 seated
adult persons;
'bus (type 1)' means a rigid bus that has 2 axles and an MRC not exceeding 12
tonnes;
'bus (type 2)' means:

   (a)  a rigid bus that has 2 axles and an MRC exceeding 12 tonnes; or

   (b)  a rigid bus that has 3 axles;
'dog trailer' means a trailer that has 2 axle groups of which the front axle
group is steered by connection to the hauling motor vehicle or trailer;
'dolly' means a specially designed pig trailer used to convert a semi trailer
into a dog trailer;
'load carrying vehicle' means a motor vehicle or trailer designed and
constructed to haul or carry goods and wares in addition to any fuel, water,
lubricants, tools and any other equipment or accessories necessary for normal
operation of the vehicle;
'long combination prime mover (type 1)' means a prime mover nominated to haul
2 trailers, but does not include a medium combination prime mover;
'long combination prime mover (type 2)' means a prime mover nominated to haul
more than 2 trailers;
'long combination truck' means a truck nominated to haul 2 or more trailers;
'medium combination prime mover' means a prime mover nominated to haul 2 semi
trailers where the second semi trailer is mounted on the rear of the semi
trailer being hauled by the prime mover (a B-double prime mover);
'medium combination truck' means a truck nominated to haul one trailer where
the combination has more than 6 axles;
'nominated' means nominated by the person applying for registration;
'operating mass', in relation to a vehicle, means the maximum mass of the
vehicle, including any load, as determined by the Registration Authority
having regard to the design and construction of the vehicle or of any of its
components;
'pig trailer' means a trailer with one axle group near the middle of its load
carrying surface and connected to the towing vehicle by a drawbar;
'pole type trailer' means a trailer that is attached to a towing vehicle by a
pole or an attachment fitted to a pole and that is used for transporting loads
such as logs, pipes, structural members or other things that are capable of
supporting themselves as beams between supporting connections;
'prime mover' means a motor vehicle designed to haul a semi trailer;
'Registration Authority' means the authority of a State or Territory that is
responsible for registering vehicles;
'semi trailer' means a trailer that has:

   (a)  one axle group towards the rear; and

   (b)  a means of attachment to a prime mover that results in some of the
        load being imposed on the prime mover; and includes a pole type
        trailer;
'short combination prime mover' means a prime mover nominated to haul one semi
trailer;
'short combination truck' means a truck nominated to haul one trailer;
'truck' means a rigid motor vehicle that is principally constructed as a load
carrying vehicle;
'truck (type 1)' means a truck that:

   (a)  has 2 axles and an MRC not exceeding 12 tonnes; or

   (b)  has 3 axles and an MRC not exceeding 16.5 tonnes; or

   (c)  has 4 or more axles and an MRC not exceeding 20 tonnes;
'truck (type 2)' means:

   (a)  a truck that has 2 axles and an MRC exceeding 12 tonnes; or

   (b)  a truck that has 3 axles and an MRC exceeding 16.5 tonnes; or

   (c)  a truck that has 4 or more axles and an MRC exceeding 20 tonnes. 2.
        For the purposes of this Schedule:

   (a)  2 axles not more 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.
        3. For the purposes of determining the number of trailers that a prime
        mover or truck may tow for the purposes of this Schedule, a dolly and
        a semi trailer when used together are to be regarded as one trailer.
        4. Nothing in this Schedule applies to a vehicle with an MRC less than
        or equal to 4.5 tonnes.

PART 2-REGISTRATION CHARGES
DIVISION 1-LOAD CARRYING VEHICLES
Vehicle Type                   2-axle       3-axle       4-axle       5-axle
Trucks
- Truck (type 1)               $300          $600        $900         $900

- Truck (type 2)               $500          $800      $2,000       $2,000

- Short combination truck      $600        $2,100      $2,100       $2,100

- Medium combination truck   $4,000        $4,000      $4,250       $4,250

- Long combination truck     $5,250        $5,250      $5,250       $5,250
Prime Movers
- Short combination prime<    $800         $3,250      $4,250       $4,250

mover
- Medium combination prime< $3,250         $4,250      $4,500       $4,500

mover (B-double
  prime - mover)< - - Long combination prime<   $4,750         $4,750

$4,750       $4,750

mover (type 1)
- Long combination prime<   $5,250         $5,250      $5,500       $5,500

mover (type 2)
DIVISION 2-LOAD CARRYING TRAILERS The amount worked out using the formula:
$250 X Number of axles
DIVISION 3-BUSES
Bus Type<                  2-axle             3-axle

- Bus (type 1)              $300                 - - Bus (type 2)

$500             $1,250

- Articulated bus<            -                $500".
3. Section 7: Omit "subsections 4(2) and 5(2)", substitute "subsection 4(2)
and section 6".