Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations87. Heavy loads prohibited
(1) It is an offence for a person, without a permit, to drive or propel a vehicle or cause or permit a vehicle to be driven or propelled across or to stand on or over a crossing, culvert, road kerb or bridge if the vehicle is:
(a) so heavy or of such nature that it is likely to cause damage to the paving of the crossing, culvert, kerb or bridge; or
(b) of a weight greater than that notified under clause (2).
(2) The council may, from time to time, determine the maximum weight of a load to be carried over a crossing, culvert, road kerb or bridge and may notify the determination by a sign conspicuously posted at or near each approach to the crossing, culvert, road kerb or bridge.
(3) An offence under clause (1)(b) is a regulatory offence.