Performance Based Standards Vehicle Approval - Victoria

Description

You will need this approval if you have built a heavy vehicle in accordance with a performance based standards (PBS) design approval and intend to operate it within the PBS. The PBS is a safety and infrastructure accreditation scheme which has implications for road network access. A heavy vehicle is a vehicle with a gross vehicle mass (GVM) or an aggregate trailer mass (ATM) of more than 4.5 tonnes.

To gain this approval a PBS approved certifier will inspect the heavy vehicle to ensure that it was built according to the design specifications. If the certification inspection is satisfactory, an approval will be issued.

Your vehicle may have restricted or be denied road access in certain states. If you are notified of any restrictions placed on your vehicle, you will need a class 2 performance based standard access approval.

Service type

Licence

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Eligibility requirements

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Act(s) name

Heavy Vehicle National Law Application Act 2013 Victoria

Regulation(s) name

Heavy Vehicle (General) National Regulation 2013 Victoria

Application process

Apply

When you are submitting a PBS vehicle approval, you must have regard to:

  • the relevant approved guidelines and rules
  • the advice of the PBS Review Panel.

Your application must be made with the approved form and accompanied by:

  • the PBS design approval on which the heavy vehicle was built
  • a certificate for the vehicle issued by a PBS approved certifier
  • any other information requested.

Transfer process

Transfer

You can transfer this approval.

Administering agency

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator

Contact details

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