Road Transport (Mass, Loading and Access) Regulation 2005
Current version for 1 July 2012 to date (accessed 20 May 2013 at 22:22)
Part 3Clause 41

41   Capacity of tow couplings

A person must not drive or cause or permit to be driven on a road or road related area a road train:
(a)  fitted with a tow coupling or towing eye where the total mass of the road train components rearward of that tow coupling or towing eye exceeds the capacity of that tow coupling or towing eye determined in accordance with Part 10 of Schedule 2 to the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007, or
(b)  fitted with a fifth wheel assembly and turntable where the total mass of the road train components rearward of that fifth wheel assembly and turntable exceeds the capacity of that fifth wheel assembly and turntable determined in accordance with Part 10 of Schedule 2 to the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007, or
(c)  fitted with a fifth wheel king pin where the total mass of the road train components rearward of that fifth wheel king pin exceeds the capacity of that fifth wheel king pin determined in accordance with Part 10 of Schedule 2 to the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

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