The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) have advised of travel restrictions in place for certain Class 1 heavy vehicles over the Christmas and New Year period.
For vehicles operating under a permit, operators should check the permit’s conditions to establish whether Christmas or public holiday travel restrictions are explicitly listed. All heavy vehicles are subject to conditions of access under their relevant notice or permit.
Australian Capital Territory
No specific Christmas restrictions in place.
New South Wales
Eligible vehicles operating under the following notices must comply with Christmas and Easter restrictions published in those Notices:
- Multi-State Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Dimension Exemption Notice
- National Class 1 Special Purpose Vehicle Notice
- National Class 1 Agricultural Vehicle and Combination Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice – Details can found in the National Class 1 Agricultural Vehicle and Combination Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice Operator’s Guide.
Details of the travel requirements during the Christmas holiday period can also be found at Transport for NSW State-wide oversize holiday curfews and are outlined in the following fact sheets:
- NSW Load carrying vehicles – Long Weekend Travel Requirements.
- NSW Special purpose vehicles – Public Holiday and Christmas Holiday Period Travel Requirements.
Queensland
Vehicles covered by the National Class 1 Special Purpose Vehicle Notice (No.2) do not have holiday restrictions imposed.
Eligible vehicles operating under the following notices must comply with Christmas and Easter restrictions published in the Queensland Access Conditions Guide.
- Multi-State Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Dimension Exemption Notice
- Queensland Class 3 Heavy Vehicle (Indivisible Item) Dimension Exemption Notice
- Queensland Class 1 Special Purpose Combination Mass Dimension Exemption Notice
- Multi-State Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Mass Exemption Notice
For agricultural vehicles in Queensland travel conditions and restrictions during holiday periods can be found in the in the National Class 1 Agricultural Vehicle and Combination Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice Operator’s Guide.
Port of Brisbane – OSOM escort exemption
Heavy vehicle movements, under permit, that do not exceed 5.5m width, 35m length and 6.7m height will have an exemption from requiring police escorts during the Christmas and New Year period.
All other existing conditions regarding pilots and escorts required for loads up to the proposed dimensions, including widths of 5.5m, apply.
The Lucinda Drive Bridge and Bishop Drive should not to be accessed, unless the origin or destination premises are on Bishop Drive.
Loads in excess of the proposed dimensions, except height, require a Traffic Guidance Scheme, while mass requirements are the same as those outlined in Port of Brisbane existing OSOM pre-approvals.
South Australia
As per the South Australia Escorting guidelines for oversize and over mass vehicles and loads, where an oversize load requires a police escort, travel will not be permitted:
- on South Australian public holidays
- during public holiday periods
- during major events (e.g. Tour Down Under)
A public holiday period means a period of 3 or more consecutive days covering a declared South Australia public holiday and adjacent weekend days (for example Easter and every long weekend) the period between 23 December and 3 January (inclusive).
Tasmania
The Department of State Growth’s Transport Safety Inspection Officers will not be providing a service from 24 December 2021 through to 4 January 2022. This will mean that any activities that have a condition of an escort (under permit or notice), will not be able to comply with those conditions and will not be able to operate over this period unless it is in the event of an emergency.
Victoria
- Multi-State Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicle Dimension Exemption Notice (No.1)
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More information can be found via the NHVR website.