Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations

VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 55

      (1) A tyre on a vehicle must not have cleats or other gripping devices that could damage road surfaces.

      (2) Except at tread wear indicators, a tyre fitted to the vehicle must have a tread pattern at least 1.5 millimetres deep in a band that runs continuously –

(a) across –

(i) for a vehicle with a GVM over 4.5 tonnes, at least 75% of the tyre width that normally comes into contact with the road; or

(ii) for another vehicle, the tyre width that normally comes into contact with the road; and

(b) around the whole circumference of the tyre.

      (3) A vehicle must not be fitted with a tyre that has been treated by recutting or regrooving the tread rubber, unless the tyre was –

(a) constructed with an extra thickness of rubber designed for recutting or regrooving; and

(b) labelled to indicate the construction.

      (4) Subregulations (2) and (3) do not apply to a vehicle designed mainly for use in a specialised activity such as agriculture or road construction.

Examples for subregulation (4):

Multi-tyred rollers (self-propelled or towed).

Bitumen-laying machines.

Mowing equipment (self-propelled or towed).