Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In these
regulations unless the context otherwise requires —
agricultural implement has the meaning given to
that term in the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002 ;
agricultural machine has the meaning given to that
term in the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002 ;
agricultural vehicle has the meaning given to that
term in the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002 ;
authorised vehicle examiner means a person
authorised in accordance with regulation 3A to examine and test vehicles;
axle means the axis of rotation of a row of tyres;
car or bus means a motor vehicle, other than a
motor cycle, or a motorised wheelchair, built mainly to carry people and
includes the type of vehicle known as a utility;
compliance plate in relation to a vehicle means a
plate that —
(a) is
approved by the Australian Motor Vehicle Certification Board;
(b)
relates to the vehicle; and
(c)
indicates that the vehicle complies with all Australian Design Rules
applicable to vehicles of that make, model and year of manufacture;
converter dolly has the meaning given to that term
in the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002 ;
goods vehicle means a motor vehicle built or
modified to be used primarily to carry goods or materials used in any trade,
business or industry;
heavy trailer means a trailer, other than a towed
special purpose vehicle, with an MRC exceeding 4 500 kilograms;
heavy vehicle means —
(a) a
vehicle with an MRC exceeding 4 500 kilograms that is an
agricultural vehicle, a car or bus, a goods vehicle, a motor home, a prime
mover or a special purpose vehicle; or
(b) a
heavy trailer;
identifier , in relation to a vehicle, has the
same meaning as in regulation 2 of the
Road Traffic (Written-Off Vehicle Register) Regulations 2003 ;
licensee means a person holding a vehicle licence
under the Act or these regulations;
manufacturer’s gross vehicle mass means the
value recorded by the Director General as the maximum laden mass recommended
by the manufacturer, by specification or otherwise, at which that vehicle, or
a vehicle of the same make and class or series, or a similar class or series,
should be operated;
motor cycle means a motor vehicle, other than a
motorised wheelchair or a goods vehicle, that is not equipped with a permanent
cab and cab roof and that —
(a) is
designed to travel on 2 wheels, or, with a sidecar attached,
3 wheels; or
(b) has
3 wheels arranged so that the axis of rotation of 2 wheels lies on the
same straight line and each of those 2 wheels is equidistant from the third;
motor home means a motor vehicle built for human
habitation;
motorised wheelchair means a chair-type vehicle
that —
(a) is
fitted with 3 or more wheels; and
(b) is
fitted and designed only for the use of persons with a physical disability;
motor vehicle has the meaning given to that term
in the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002 ;
MRC (which stands for “mass rating for
charging”) means —
(a) the
mass recorded on the compliance plate as —
(i)
the aggregate trailer mass;
(ii)
the gross trailer mass rating; or
(iii)
the gross vehicle mass;
or
(b) in
relation to a vehicle where there is no compliance plate, the maximum
permissible loaded mass of the vehicle as determined by the Director General;
name plates means identification tablets or number
plates referred to in regulation 24(4b);
ordinary plates means identification tablets or
number plates that are not personalised plates, dealers plates referred to in
regulation 26, special plates or name plates;
personalised plates means —
(a) in
relation to personalised plates issued before the coming into operation of the
Road Traffic (Licensing) Amendment Regulations 1988 1 ,
identification tablets or number plates being reflective plates consisting of
no more than 7 characters, the first being a letter and the last being
the letter “P”;
(b) in
relation to personalised plates issued after the coming into operation of the
Road Traffic (Licensing) Amendment Regulations 1988 1 ,
identification tablets or number plates being reflective plates consisting of
no more than 6 characters, the first being a letter;
prime mover has the meaning given to that term in
the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002 ;
reflective plates means identification tablets or
number plates that have —
(a)
non-reflective identifying characters superimposed on a reflective background;
or
(b)
reflective identifying characters superimposed on a non-reflective background;
registration label means the certificate of
registration issued by a licensing authority as provided by section 27 of
the Act;
renewal period , in relation to a vehicle licence,
means the period —
(a)
beginning 3 months before the day on which the licence is to expire; and
(b) in
the case of a licence except a seasonal heavy vehicle licence, ending
3 months after the day on which the licence expired; and
(c) in
the case of a seasonal heavy vehicle licence, ending —
(i)
2 months after the day on which the licence expired;
or
(ii)
11 months after the day on which the licence was
granted,
whichever comes first;
repairable write-off has the same meaning as in
regulation 2 of the Road Traffic (Written-Off Vehicle Register)
Regulations 2003 ;
restricted access vehicle has the same meaning as
it has in the Vehicle Standards;
seasonal heavy vehicle licence means a heavy
vehicle licence that is endorsed “seasonal” under
regulation 9A(7);
semi-trailer has the meaning given to that term in
the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002 ;
special plates means identification tablets or
number plates referred to in regulation 24(4a);
special purpose vehicle means a vehicle, other
than a tow truck or an agricultural vehicle, built for a purpose other than
carrying passengers or a load;
statutory write-off has the same meaning as in
regulation 7 of the Road Traffic (Written-Off Vehicle Register)
Regulations 2003 ;
tow truck has the meaning given to that term in
the Road Traffic (Tow Truck) Regulations 1975 regulation 2;
trailer has the meaning given to that term in the
Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2002 ;
unloaded mass has the same meaning as it has in
the Vehicle Standards;
Vehicle Standards means the Road Traffic (Vehicle
Standards) Regulations 2002 and the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards)
Rules 2002 ;
Written-Off Vehicle Register means the register
maintained under regulation 13 of the
Road Traffic (Written-Off Vehicle Register) Regulations 2003 .
(2) Where in these
regulations reference is made to the use or driving of a vehicle, the
reference is to the doing of those things on a road.
(3) On a
vehicle’s compliance plate —
“ATM” refers to “aggregate
trailer mass”;
“GTMR” refers to “gross trailer
mass rating”;
“GVM” refers to “gross vehicle
mass”.
(4) For the purposes
of these regulations —
(a) 2
axles not more than one metre apart shall be regarded as one axle;
(b) 3
axles, where the outside axles are not more than 2 metres apart, shall be
regarded as 2 axles; and
(c) 4
axles, where the outside axles are not more than 3.2 metres apart, shall
be regarded as 3 axles.
[Regulation 3 amended in Gazette
1 Aug 1975 p. 2795; 5 Dec 1975 p. 4369;
23 Jul 1976 p. 2534; 20 May 1977 p. 1510-11;
10 Nov 1977 p. 4189; 29 Sep 1978 p. 3578;
31 Dec 1980 p. 4427; 2 Feb 1982 p. 401;
24 May 1985 p. 1761; 29 Nov 1985 p. 4452;
10 Jun 1988 p. 1906; 30 Jun 1989 p. 1906;
21 Sep 1990 p. 4940; 28 Sep 1990 p. 5072-3;
24 Nov 1995 p. 5449; 22 Dec 1995 p. 6194-5;
24 May 1996 p. 2173-4; 31 Jan 1997 p. 682;
1 Jul 1997 p. 3273; 25 May 1999 p. 2068;
1 Nov 2002 p. 5391; 3 Jan 2003 p. 11;
31 Oct 2003 p. 4566-7; 16 Sep 2005 p. 4326;
28 Nov 2006 p. 4899-900.]