Transitional notices

Transitional notices were gazetted notices, guidelines, exemptions and other legal instruments that were made under state legislation prior to the commencement of the Heavy Vehicle National Law in 2014.

All transitional notices have expired (most of them on 9 February 2019) and any exemptions that were retained were incorporated into National notices and State notices.

Please note: The new notices mentioned on this page may have since been replaced or renewed. See the national and state notice pages for a list of current notices.

Australian Capital Territory

Old notice Comments
Road Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) Class 1 Oversize Vehicles Exemption Notice 2010 (No 1) Covered in the existing Multi-State Load Carrying Vehicle Notices.
Road Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) Class 1 Single Steer Axle Mass Limit Exemption Notice 2010 (No 1) Covered by the complying steer axle concessions in the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation.
Road Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) Class 3 Single Steer Axle Mass Limit Exemption Notice 2010 (No 1) Covered by the complying steer axle concessions in the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation.
Road Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) Higher Mass Limits (HML) Exemption Notice 2013 Replaced with Australian Capital Territory Class 3 Mass Management Accreditation Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)
Road Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) 4.6m High Vehicle Exemption Notice 2010 Replaced with Australian Capital Territory Class 3 4.6m High Vehicle Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)
Road Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) 14.5m Long Bus Exemption Notice 2010 (No 1) Covered by existing National Class 2 and Class 3 Controlled Access Bus Notice.
Road Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) 26 metre B-Double Exemption Notice 2010 (No 1) Covered by National Class 2 B-double notice.
Road Transport (Mass, Dimensions and Loading) General B-Double Exemption Notice 2010 (No 1) Covered by National Class 2 B-double notice.

New South Wales

Old notice Comments
New South Wales - 4.6 Metre High Vehicle Notice 2013

Replaced with:

  • New South Wales Class 3 Livestock Transportation Exemption Notice 2021 (No.3)
  • National Class 2 4.6m high and/or 25m Long Vehicle Carrier Authorisation Notice 2020 (No.1)
  • New South Wales Class 3 Baled Commodities Dimension Exemption Notice 2022 (No.1)
  • New South Wales and Queensland Class 3 4.6m High Loaded Semi-Trailer Dimension Exemption Notice 2022 (No.1)
  • New South Wales Class 3 Bus Mass Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)
  • New South Wales and Queensland Class 3 4.6m High Loaded Semi-Trailer Dimension Exemption Notice 2022 (No.1)
Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Notice 2014 Replaced with New South Wales Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicle Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)
Class 1 Special Purpose Vehicles Notice 2014 Replaced with New South Wales Class 1 Special Purpose Vehicle and Combination Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)
Ministerial Declaration (Livestock Loading Scheme) Order 2012

Replaced with New South Wales Class 3 Livestock Transportation Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1). This notice continues to operate in conjunction with the NSW Livestock Loading Scheme.

Ministerial Exemption (Oversized and Overmass Construction Vehicle) Order 2009 Replaced with New South Wales Class 1 Road Construction Vehicle Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

Queensland

Old notice Comments
Class Permit No. 147-TH-14 Mass exemption for the transportation of log timber  Replaced with Queensland Class 3 Timber Transportation Mass Exemption Notice 2023 (No.1)

Guideline for Higher Mass Limits for Vehicles with Road Friendly Suspension in Queensland. Form 10, Version 7, August 2010

Replaced with Queensland Higher Mass Limits Declaration 2019 (No.1)

Guideline for Excess Dimension - vehicles carrying indivisible articles, special purpose vehicles and vehicles that require pilot or escort in Queensland, Form 4, Version 8, February 2013

Guideline for operation of excess mass special purpose vehicles to 40t and vehicles carrying indivisible item to 59.5t, Form 11, Version 5, September 2011

Replaced with:

  • Queensland Class 3 Heavy Vehicle (Indivisible Item) Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)
  • Queensland Class 1 Special Purpose Combination Mass & Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No. 1)
  • Multi-State Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Dimension Exemption Notice 2016 (No. 1)
  • Multi-State Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Mass Exemption Notice 2016 (No. 1)

The Queensland Form 4 and 11 Guidelines contained various exemptions, concessions and conditions for a range of Class 1 and 3 vehicles.

These provisions were largely dealt with by introducing a Queensland Schedule for the national Class 1 load carrying vehicle mass and dimension notices published in 2016. Previously, Queensland was not a party to these national notices, and this step brings the consistent national approach to Queensland.

To accommodate certain exemptions specific to Queensland regarding heavy SPV combinations and Class 3 vehicles carrying indivisible loads, two special Queensland-only notices were provided.

Guideline for livestock loading in Queensland, Form 3, Version 4 (updated August 2009)

Replaced with Queensland Class 3 Livestock Loading Exemption Notice 2019

Guideline for Excess Dimension Agricultural Vehicles and Agricultural Combinations; Vehicle and Drivers Form Number 14, Version 4, October 2013

Guideline expired 31 December 2019. It has been replaced with the National Class 1 Agricultural Vehicle and Combination Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice 2019.

Guideline for transporting cotton modules in Queensland, Form 16, Version 4 (updated March 2012)

Replaced with Queensland Class 3 Cotton Module Transportation Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

South Australia

Old notice Comments
Warning Signs on Buses Carrying Children Notice no longer required - now covered by the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation.

Exemption of Vehicles previously exempt with a Gross Vehicle Mass greater than 4.5 tonnes (not being a bus) and trailers with a Manufacture

Notice no longer required - now covered by the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).

Exemption of Vehicles with Gross Vehicle Mass greater than 4.5 tonnes

Notice no longer required - now covered by the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).

Operation of Motor Graders towing 2 trailers up to a maximum length of 26 metres in road construction and or road maintenance

Operation of Motor Graders towing multiple trailers up to maximum length of 42 metres for construction and/or maintenance of roads in remote areas

Exemption for road maintenance and construction equipment to exceed mass and dimension limits

Replaced with South Australia Class 1 Road Grader and Combination Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

Exemption for Oyster Boats and trailers to be fitted with brakes and to exceed a width of 2.5 metres

Replaced with South Australia Class 1 Oyster Boat Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

Notice of approval and exemption - Oversize or Overmass Agricultural Vehicles Driven on Roads

Replaced with South Australia Class 1 Agricultural Vehicle Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

The new notice retains the current South Australia Code of Practice relating to oversized agricultural vehicles.

Notice of approval and exemption - Transport of indivisible items

Notice of approval and exemption - Transport of agricultural vehicles carried as a load

Replaced with South Australia Class 1 Transport of Indivisible Items and Agricultural Vehicles Dimension Exemption Notice (No.1).

These two South Australia notices provided certain access conditions that are particular to South Australia and not appropriate to include in the multi-state Class 1 LCV notices.

Notice of approval and exemption - Operation of road train vehicles in South Australia

The original South Australia notice contained a variety of authorisations, exemptions and HML declarations.

These cannot be combined under a single HVNL notice, and many were redundant with conditions that already existed in other notices. Therefore, various components have been distributed among existing and amended notices.

For example, HML networks were moved to the South Australia Class 3 (Application of Higher Mass Limits) Mass Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1).

Notice of approval and exemption - Operation of 25 metre long prime mover and low loader combinations with a gross combination mass up to 59.5 tonnes

Operation of 49.5 tonne prime mover and low loader combination vehicles in South Australia

Notice of approval and exemption – Operation of 23 metre long prime mover and low loader combinations

Replaced with Multi-State Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Dimension Exemption Notice 2016 (No. 1) and Multi-State Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Mass Exemption Notice 2016 (No. 1)

Notice of approval and exemption - Operation of B-Double vehicles up to 25m in length

Operation of 26m B-Double Vehicles

Replaced with National Class 2 B-Double Authorisation Notice 2019.

The conditions in this notice are now included in the new national Class 2 B-double notice.

Approval for a bus towing a disabled bus to exceed an overall length of 19 metres

Replaced with South Australia Class 3 Disabled Bus Dimension Exemption Notice 2020 (No.1)

Operation of rubber tracked tractors with a gross vehicle mass up to 24 tonnes

Replaced with South Australia Class 1 Rubber Tracked Tractor Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

The new notice retains the current South Australia Code of Practice relating to rubber tracked tractors.

Operation of B-double vehicles carting rectangular Baled Hay loaded to a height of 4.6m

Transport of large rectangular baled hay

Exemption for the transport of baled wool and/or baled hay to exceed a width of 2.5 metres

Exemption for articulated motor vehicles transporting baled wool to exceed a height of 4.3 metres

Replaced with South Australia Class 3 Baled Commodity Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

The new notice incorporates similar exemptions, networks and conditions for various baled commodity notices in South Australia and brings all relevant networks into a single notice.

Exemption for the fitting of mudguards to agricultural vehicles

Notice no longer required - now covered by the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation.

Exemption for Left Hand Drive Agricultural Machines

Notice no longer required - now covered by the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation.

Exemption for the fitting of lighting equipment, rear vision mirrors, horn and other equipment to agricultural vehicles which are not more than 3 metres in width

Exemption for the fitting of lighting and other equipment to tractors, graders, road rollers and other machines used for road construction and/or maintenance operating on roads and road related areas

Exemption for the fitting of lighting equipment, rear vision mirrors, horn and other equipment to tractors, road construction equipment and forklift operating within a designated worksite

Exemption from Multi-Tyred Road Rollers to be Fitted with Tyres which do not have a tread pattern

Replaced with South Australian Heavy Vehicle Standards (Conditionally Registered Special Purpose Vehicle) Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

Exemption for the transport of sheaved hay to exceed a width of 2.5 metres

This notice is no longer required.

Operation of Opal Mining Vehicles

Replaced with South Australia Class 1 Opal Mining Vehicle Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

Exemption for the Position of Lighting Equipment on the Rear of Roll-on/Roll off vehicles used to transport waste products or scrap metal

Replaced with South Australian Heavy Vehicle Standards (Rear Lighting Requirements For Roll-On/Roll-Off Vehicles) Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

Higher Mass Limits for Vehicles fitted with Road Friendly Suspension

Replaced with South Australia Class 3 (Application of Higher Mass Limits) Mass Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

The new notice also incorporates networks for B-doubles, road trains and modular B-triples that have been brought in from other notices.

Approval for emergency transport of long stobie poles which when carried as a load exceed a length of 19m

Transport of Stobie poles by SA power networks and contractors

Replaced with South Australia Class 1 Stobie Pole Transportation Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1) and South Australia Class 3 Heavy Vehicle Truck and Dog (Stobie Pole) Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

Both South Australian notices relating to Stobie poles have been consolidated into a single HVNL Notice. Also, a new notice has been produced to cover special purpose vehicles that carry Stobie poles.

Notice of approval and exemption - Operation of B-triple vehicles up to 35.0m in length

Replaced with National Class 2 Heavy Vehicle Road Train Authorisation (Notice) 2015 (No. 1)

The National Class 2 Road Train Authorisation Notice has been amended to cover the operation of modular B-triples.


Victoria

Old notice Comments

Declaration of Class 3 vehicles and mass limit exemptions and route specifications

Mass limit exemptions and route specs for certain class 2 combinations fitted with road friendly suspension

Variation to notices Specifying Routes for B-doubles and Certain Class 2 and 3 Vehicles Fitted with Road Friendly Suspension

Replaced with Victoria Class 3 Road Friendly Suspension Mass Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

This new notice replaced several former Victorian higher mass limit notices. Since access to HML in Victoria did not require IAP, this notice was written as a Class 3 mass exemption that simply applies higher mass limits as they apply in Victoria.

Information bulletin – Livestock Transport

Replaced with Victoria Class 3 Livestock Carrier Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice 2019 (No.1)

This Notice provides enforceable provisions for the Victorian Livestock Loading Scheme (LSS).