NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 105/14

Vehicles Regulations, 2001 (Amendment)
under the
Highway Traffic Act
(O.C. 2014-364)

(Filed December 18, 2014)

Under the authority of section 187 of the Highway Traffic Act, the minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, December 18, 2014.

Tony Cornect
Minister of Service Newfoundland and Labrador

Julia Mullaley
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   S.2 Amdt.
Interpretation

        2.   S.3 Amdt.
Weights and dimensions

        3.   S.4 Amdt.
Axle configurations

        4.   S.5 Amdt.
Permitted mass

        5.   S.7 Amdt.
Excessive axle mass

        6.   S.9 Amdt.
Prohibited vehicles

        7.   S.12 Amdt.
Non-application to designated highway

        8.   Schedules  R&S

 

NLR 81/01
as amended

        1. (1) Paragraph (2)(1)(zz) of the Vehicles Regulations, 2001 is repealed and the following substituted:

           (zz)  "track width" means the width of an axle across the outside faces of the tires measured at any point above the lowest point of the rim;

             (2)  Paragraph (2)(1)(hhh) of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

        (hhh)  "tridem equivalent axle" means a group of 3 consecutive, equally spaced axles within a vehicle comprising one or more lowered lift axles, attached to the vehicle by identical pneumatic suspensions which achieve load equalization between all 3 axles, and fitted with the same number and size of tires on each axle;

 

        2. Paragraph 3(2)(d) of the regulations is amended by striking out the words and letters "Schedules A and B" and substituting "Schedules A, B and F".

 

        3. Subsections 4(1), (2) and (3) of the regulations are amended by striking out the words and letters "Schedules A and B" and substituting "Schedules A, B and F".

 

        4. Subsections 5(1) and (2) of the regulations are amended by striking out the words and letters "Schedules A and B" and substituting "Schedules A, B and F".

 

        5. (1) Subsection 7(2) of the regulations is amended by deleting the "or" at the end of paragraph (a), adding the word "or" at the end of paragraph (b) and adding the following after paragraph (b):

             (c)  an axle weight for a semitrailer axle which is fitted with 2 single tires each of which has a width of 445 millimetres or greater exceeds

                      (i)  21,000 kilograms for tridem axle groups with spread from 2.4 metres to less than 3.0 metres,

                     (ii)  23,000 kilograms for tridem axle groups with spread from 3.0 metres to less than 3.6 metres, or

                    (iii)  23,100 kilograms for tridem axle groups with spread from 3.6 metres to 3.7 metres.

             (2)  Subsection 7(3) of the regulations is amended by striking out the reference to "2007" and substituting "2009".

             (3)  Subsection 7(4) of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

             (4)  For trailers built in 2010 or later, the minimum track width for trailer axles fitted with 2 single tires each with a 445 millimetres width or greater must be no less than 2.45 metres.

             (5)  A trailer built in or after 2010 that is converted from dual to single tires must bear a label adjacent to the original compliance label that:

             (a)  identifies the company, or authorized dealer of a company, under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada) that converted the trailer; and

             (b)  indicates the revised tire and wheel size designation and revised gross vehicle and axle weight ratings.

 

        6. (1) Paragraphs 9(a), (d) and (g) of the regulations are amended by striking out the words and letters "Schedules A and B" and substituting "Schedules A, B and F".

             (2)  Paragraph 9(j) of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

              (j)  a vehicle which, including its load or content, has an overall height above the surface of the highway greater than 4.15 metres, except that in the case of a vehicle referred to in Schedule F which, including its load or content, has an overall height above the surface of the highway greater than 4.3 metres;

 

        7. Subsection 12(2) of the regulations is amended by striking out the words and letters "Schedules A and B" and substituting "Schedules A, B and F".

 

              8.  Schedules A to E of the regulations are repealed and the following substituted:

See pdf with Schedules