Important Update:

Information Bulletin - Carriage of Documentation in RAVs

17 June 2011

From 17 June 2011

• you will no longer be legally required to carry Codes of Practice and Maps of Approved Route Networks within the vehicle. This applies to and overrides any condition in current Permits that state otherwise.
  Note: Permits must still be carried in the vehicle.
• Gazette Notices may be carried in an electronic format that allows them to be read from a device having a visual display (eg. smart phone, tablet or laptop PC, in-vehicle unit) that is carried within the vehicle and that is accessible to DPTI and SAPOL enforcement officers from outside the vehicle. If not carried in an electronic format, then the Gazette must be carried in hard copy.

From 1 July 2011

• you will be legally required to carry a copy of the updated Gazette Notice that reflects the change to carriage of documentation within the vehicle.

1. Government Gazette Notice (PDF)

2. Car Carrier Code of Practice book (PDF)

3. Approved Route Maps to download

• Car Carrier Route Maps for General Mass Limits (GML)
• Car Carrier Route Maps for Higher Mass Limits (HML)

When operating vehicles and vehicle combinations under this Gazette Notice, you must immediately prior to any journey and using the current approved routes specified in the relevant Gazette Notice, determine the entire approved route being travelled / operated on during the particular journey.

Other Gazette Notices for Car Carriers

Approval for Vehicle Combinations Used to Transport Motor Vehicles to Exceed a Height of 4.3 metres and a Length of 19 metres

January 2001

More information

The Information Guide book (PDF) provides rules and regulations that apply to Car Carriers as detailed in the Road Traffic Act 1961 and related Regulations. 
The Information Bulletin (PDF) contains details of the new operations for Car Carriers.
There is no legal requirement to carry the Information Guide or the Information Bulletin in your vehicle.

Route Compliance Certificates and other Mass Module related documents are available in the Freight Accreditation area.
If you wish to travel on a route that is not specified in any of these Route Maps, or if your operating requirements cannot be met by a Gazette Notice, you will need to apply for a Permit. Information on how to apply for a Permit

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