New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 2005 - SECT 27

27 Excess permits

(1) The Authority may issue an excess permit in respect of a vehicle.

(2) An excess permit may exempt a vehicle, either unconditionally or subject to conditions, from any specified mass, dimension, load restraint or access requirement imposed by an applicable road law.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), an excess permit may be made subject to conditions of the following kinds:

(a) a condition imposed by a regulation under section 28A,

(b) a condition imposing a maximum laden mass on the vehicle or any part of the vehicle,

(c) a condition imposing a maximum unladen mass on the vehicle or any part of the vehicle,

(d) a condition imposing a maximum mass on the vehicle’s load,

(e) a condition specifying the minimum or maximum dimensions of the vehicle or the vehicle’s load,

(f) a condition imposing a requirement as to the restraint or positioning of a load or any part of a load of the vehicle,

(g) a condition specifying any road or class of roads on which the vehicle may or may not be taken or area in which the vehicle may or may not be operated,

(h) a condition specifying a time, or period, when the vehicle may or may not be operated,

(i) a condition specifying signage or other warning or safety requirements, including conditions as to escort vehicles.

(4) An excess permit remains in force for the period specified in the permit.

(5) An application for an excess permit must be in a form approved by the Authority and accompanied by the application fee (if any) approved by the Authority.

Note: An excess permit that is granted in connection with an incremental pricing scheme may also be subject to additional charges established under regulations made under section 28A.