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MOTOR VEHICLES (DIMENSIONS AND MASS) ACT 1990 (NO. 13 OF 1990) - SECT 32

32. (1) A person shall not drive a vehicle on a public street or in a public place if—

        (a)     the gross mass of the vehicle exceeds the mass permitted in respect of the vehicle by subsection 24 (1);

        (b)     the mass carried by a wheel of the vehicle exceeds the mass permitted in respect of the wheel by subsection 25 (1);

        (c)     the axle load of an axle of the vehicle exceeds the mass permitted in respect of the axle by subsection 25 (2); or

        (d)     the axle group load of an axle group of the vehicle exceeds the mass permitted in respect of the axle group by subsection 25 (3).

(2) A person shall not drive on a public street or in a public place a motor vehicle to which a trailer or a semi-trailer is coupled if the aggregate of the gross masses of the motor vehicle and the trailer or semi-trailer exceeds the mass permitted by subsection 24 (2).

Penalty: $3,000.



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