Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies if:
(a) an interstate owner or operator is accredited under a national heavy vehicle accreditation scheme; and
(b) the owner or operator has implemented a quality system that ensures the suspension system of a vehicle owned or operated by that person is adequately maintained; and
(c) the vehicle is permitted to operate using concessional mass limits in a State or another Territory.
(2) The vehicle may, in the Territory, exceed the laden mass limits arrived at under regulation 12:
(a) if the gross mass limit arrived at under regulation 12 does not exceed 55 tonnes – by one tonne; and
(b) if the gross mass limit arrived at under regulation 12 exceeds 55 tonnes – by 2 tonnes.
(3) The additional mass permitted under this regulation to be carried may result in the mass limit for an axle group specified in Schedule 1 being exceeded as follows:
(a) if a mass limit of 16.5 tonnes is specified in Schedule 1 – a limit of 17 tonnes is substituted;
(b) if a mass limit of 20 tonnes is specified in Schedule 1 – a limit of 21 tonnes is substituted.
(4) In this regulation:
"interstate owner or operator" means a person who, under legislation of another jurisdiction that deals with registration of motor vehicles, is the equivalent of an owner or operator under the Act.