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www.nhvr.gov.au/safety-accreditation-compliance/chain-of-responsibility/regulatory-advice/managing-the-risk-of-a-light-or-empty-lead-trailer-in-a-laden-b-double
Regulatory Advice – Managing the risk of a light or empty lead trailer in a laden B-double
B-double with a significant load imbalance between the axle mass on the lead trailer and the axle mass on the rear trailer, the vehicle ride quality is is supported by desktop modelling, is to ensure that the mass on the drive axle group is at least 20% of the total

www.nhvr.gov.au/safety-accreditation-compliance/chain-of-responsibility/regulatory-advice/providing-false-or-misleading-information-to-the-nhvr
Regulatory Advice - Providing false or misleading information to the NHVR
and supervision. 2. A driver provides false vehicle mass limits to a loader Tom is loading grain on heavy vehicle and provides information to Tom about the vehicle’s mass limits that Henry knows is false. Tom loads the vehicle to the mass limits provided by Henry, resulting in the vehicle

www.nhvr.gov.au/road-access/performance-based-standards/adding-vehicles-to-a-pbs-vehicle-approval
Adding vehicles to a PBS Vehicle Approval guide
combination must be approved at the same PBS level and masses. Variations in vehicle specifications, such as engine I need to re-apply for an access permit? Depending on the mass and dimensions of the new vehicles you may need to your access permit. If the new vehicles are identical in mass and dimensions, a new version of the same VA number

www.nhvr.gov.au/safety-accreditation-compliance/national-heavy-vehicle-accreditation-scheme/fees
NHVAS fee schedule
accreditation modules/s Current fee Fee from 1 July 2025 Mass $107 $110 Maintenance $107 $110 Basic Fatigue Fee from 1 July 2025 Note: Trailers cannot be nominated for mass management accreditation. Mass management $39 per vehicle $40 per vehicle Maintenance

www.nhvr.gov.au/law-policies/heavy-vehicle-national-law-and-regulations
Heavy Vehicle National Law and Regulations
(General) National Regulation | PDF 639KB Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation | PDF 2.5MB of laws for heavy vehicles over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass. This set of laws consists of the Heavy Vehicle (General) National Regulation | PDF 639KB Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation | PDF 2.5MB

www.nhvr.gov.au/law-policies/notices-and-permit-based-schemes/state-notices/australian-capital-territory
Australian Capital Territory notices
Provides dimension exemptions from the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation (MDL) and C2024G00154 MDL No Australian Capital Territory Higher Mass Limits Declaration 2021 (No.1) Authorises eligible heavy vehicles to operate on Higher Mass Limits (HML) on stated areas and routes in the

www.nhvr.gov.au/road-access/access-management/applications/class-3-miscellaneous-permit
Class 3 (miscellaneous) permit
permit if your heavy vehicle does not comply with mass, dimension or operating requirements set out in a permit application form (PDF, 1.7MB) Additional Axle Mass and Spacings attachment (PDF, 290KB) Do I permit if your heavy vehicle does not comply with mass, dimension or operating requirements set out in a

www.nhvr.gov.au/road-access/mass-and-dimension/classes-of-heavy-vehicles/class-2
Class 2
first semitrailer. A B-double must comply with prescribed mass and dimension requirements. Controlled Access Buses A 12.5m but less than 14.5m, that complies with prescribed mass and dimension requirements is a class 2 heavy vehicle. as road trains. Road trains must comply with prescribed mass and dimension requirements.  ​​​​ B-triples are a type

www.nhvr.gov.au/road-access/loading/loading-performance-standards
Loading performance standards
standards  under  Schedule 7 of the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation  (MDL). The restraint system is taken to comply with the above if— a mass or dimension exemption is in force for the vehicle for the journey; and the vehicle complies with the mass or dimension exemption; and an engineer has given a

www.nhvr.gov.au/safety-accreditation-compliance/vehicle-standards-and-modifications/vehicle-standards-guides
Vehicle Standards Guides
carrying vehicles which is covered by the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation . VSG22 - 50mm ball couplings on heavy vehicles with a gross vehicle mass (GVM) of more than 5000kg. VSG15 - Front underrun logos on heavy vehicles. VSG9 - Re-rating of Gross Vehicle Mass (PDF, 200KB) Heavy vehicle safety standards

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