After section 36 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law Application Act 2013 insert— "36A Evidence of mass a proceeding for an offence against the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Victoria) or the national regulations, the mass carried on any axle of a heavy vehicle as determined by a prescribed device when tested, sealed and used in the prescribed manner is, after due allowance of the prescribed limits of error, proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the mass. prejudice to any other method of determining the mass of a heavy vehicle or of its load or of both, the mass of the load of any heavy vehicle carrying passengers may, for the purposes of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Victoria) or the national regulations, be calculated on the basis that the mass of 16 adult passengers is 1 tonne. this section— means prescribed in regulations prescribed made under the Road Safety Act 1986 for the purposes of section 82 of that Act.". 1986
After section 36 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law Application Act 2013 insert— "36A Evidence of mass a proceeding for an offence against the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Victoria) or the national regulations, the mass carried on any axle of a heavy vehicle as determined by a prescribed device when tested, sealed and used in the prescribed manner is, after due allowance of the prescribed limits of error, proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the mass. prejudice to any other method of determining the mass of a heavy vehicle or of its load or of both, the mass of the load of any heavy vehicle carrying passengers may, for the purposes of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Victoria) or the national regulations, be calculated on the basis that the mass of 16 adult passengers is 1 tonne. this section— prescribed means prescribed in regulations made under the Road Safety Act 1986 for the purposes of section 82 of that Act.". 1986
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