Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (TOW TRUCK) REGULATIONS 1975 - REG 2

2 .         Interpretation

                In these regulations unless the context requires otherwise — 

        appropriate authority means the Chief Inspector of Machinery or Inspector as defined in the Inspection of Machinery Act 1921  ² ;

        articulated vehicle has the same meaning as is given to that expression in the Road Traffic Code 2000 ;

        Commissioner means the Commissioner of Main Roads, appointed under section 7 of the Main Roads Act 1930 ;

        crane means a lifting device approved by the appropriate authority as defined by the Inspection of Machinery Act 1921 ² ;

        GVM has the same meaning as it has in the Vehicle Standards;

        load capacity , in relation to a vehicle, means the difference between its GVM and its unloaded mass;

        tow truck means a motor vehicle equipped with a crane used or intended to be used for the lifting, salvaging, carrying or towing of vehicles and includes any motor vehicle to which is attached (temporarily or otherwise) a device or trailer which is used or intended to be used for the lifting, salvaging and carrying of any motor vehicle;

        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 .

        [Regulation 2 amended in Gazette 10 Nov 1977 p. 4192; 25 May 1984 p. 1386; 28 Sep 1990 p. 5073; 7 Dec 1999 p. 5998; 1 Dec 2000 p. 6762; 1 Nov 2002 p. 5399; 3 Jan 2003 p. 11.]