Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

MOTOR VEHICLES (DIMENSIONS AND MASS) ACT 1990 (NO. 13 OF 1990) - SECT 13

13. (1) The rear overhang of—

        (a)     a non-articulated motor vehicle (not being a bus) that has a length of 9.5 metres or less; or

        (b)     a bus on which the most rearward axle is not part of an axle group;

shall not exceed—

        (c)     3.2 metres; or

        (d)     the length equal to 60 per cent of the distance, measured horizontally and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle from—

              (i)     in the case of a vehicle of which the most forward axle is movable—the pivotal point of that axle; or

              (ii)     in any other case—the centre line of the most forward axle of the vehicle;

to the rear axle centre of the vehicle;

whichever is less.

(2) The rear overhang of—

        (a)     a non-articulated motor vehicle (not being a bus) that has a length greater than 9.5 metres; or

        (b)     a bus on which the most rearward axle is part of an axle group;

shall not exceed—

        (c)     3.7 metres; or

        (d)     the length equal to 60 per cent of the distance, measured horizontally and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle from—

              (i)     in the case of a vehicle of which the most forward axle is movable—the pivotal point of that axle; or

              (ii)     in any other case—the centre line of the most forward axle of the vehicle;

to the rear axle centre of the vehicle or bus;

whichever is less.

(3) The rear overhang of a dog trailer shall not exceed 3.7 metres.

(4) The rear overhang of a pig trailer shall not exceed—

        (a)     3.7 metres; or

        (b)     the length equal to the distance, measured horizontally and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the trailer, between the most forward extremity of the loading space of the trailer and—

              (i)     where the trailer has only one axle—the centre line of that axle; or

              (ii)     where the trailer has an axle group—the axle group centre of that axle group;

whichever is less.

(5) The rear overhand of a semi-trailer shall not exceed—

        (a)     3.2 metres; or

        (b)     the length equal to half the distance, measured horizontally and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the semi-trailer, between the point of articulation of the semi-trailer and the rear axle centre of the semi-trailer;

whichever is less.