New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRANSPORT (MASS, LOADING AND ACCESS) REGULATION 2005 - REG 74

74 Mass requirements on certain roads and bridges etc

(1) The council of a local government area or the Authority may do either or both of the following things by means of one or more notices (a
"limit notice" ) conspicuously displayed on or adjacent to the road, bridge or road-ferry concerned:

(a) prohibit vehicles with a laden mass exceeding a specified maximum mass from passing along or over a road, bridge or causeway,

(b) prohibit vehicles with a laden mass exceeding a specified maximum mass from using a road-ferry maintained in connection with a road.

(2) A limit notice must either:

(a) display the words "BRIDGE LOAD LIMIT" or "ROAD LOAD LIMIT", or

(b) be in or similar to a sign approved by the Authority for the purposes of this clause.

(3) A limit notice that displays the words "BRIDGE LOAD LIMIT" or "ROAD LOAD LIMIT" prohibits the passage, from a direction facing the notice, of a vehicle or combination if:

(a) the total mass of the vehicle or combination exceeds the gross mass indicated by the sign, or

(b) the mass carried by an axle or axle group of the vehicle or combination exceeds the mass indicated by the sign for that kind of axle or axle group.

(4) A limit notice in or similar to a sign approved by the Authority for the purposes of this clause prohibits the passage, from a direction facing the notice, of a vehicle or combination exceeding the total mass indicated by the notice.

(5) However, a limit notice (whether erected before or after the commencement of this clause) does not prohibit any person from driving a vehicle along or over a public road (or any bridge or causeway forming part of a public road) if the destination of the vehicle lies in or on the road (or bridge or causeway) and there is no alternative route by which to reach that destination.

(6) The powers conferred by this clause may only be exercised with respect to classified roads by the Authority.

(7) A sign in or similar to the form referred to in clause 57 (1) (b) (as in force immediately before its repeal by the Heavy Vehicle (Adoption of National Law) Amendment Act 2013 ) is taken to have been approved by the Authority for the purposes of subclause (2) (b).

(8) Any person who fails to comply with the terms of a notice displayed for the purposes of this clause is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

(9) In this clause:

"bridge" includes any gate, pier, fender, dolphin or platform or any other thing incidental to the use or protection of the bridge.

"classified road" and
"public road" have the same meanings as they have in the Roads Act 1993 .