Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1999 - SECT 405

Use of portable weighing devices

405. Use of portable weighing devices

A portable weighing device is used in the prescribed manner for the purposes
of section 82 of the Act if-

   (a)  to ascertain the mass carried on a single axle-

   (i)  the device is placed under each of any two tyres on the axle so that
        the whole mass borne by the axle is borne by or on the device; and

   (ii) the reading on the device used to ascertain the mass is taken while
        the axle load is borne by the device; and

(iii) in the case of more than one device being used to ascertain the mass,
the mass carried on the axle is calculated as the sum of the readings of each
of the devices less the deductions specified by the National Association of
Australian State Road Authorities in its "Guidelines for weighing of vehicles"
for the type of device, site condition and method of weighing used; and

(b) to ascertain the mass carried on a group of axles, the mass carried on the
axles is calculated as the sum of the mass carried on the axles comprising the
group less the deductions specified by the National Association of Australian
State Road Authorities in its "Guidelines for weighing of vehicles" for the
type of device, site condition and method of weighing used.