South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A combination must
not be over:
(a) for
a B-double—25 metres long; and
(b) for
a road train—53.5 metres long; and
(c) for
a combination, except a road train, designed to carry vehicles on 2 or more
partly or completely overlapping decks—25 metres long; and
(d) for
another combination—19 metres long.
(2) In a B-double
built to carry cattle, sheep, pigs or horses, the 2 semi-trailers must not
have over 18.8 metres of their combined length available for the carriage of
animals.
(3) For subrule (2),
the length available for the carriage of animals on a trailer is measured from
the inside of the front wall or door of the trailer to the inside of the rear
wall or door of the trailer, with any intervening partitions disregarded.
(4) However, a
B-double may be up to 26 metres long if:
(a) the
distance between the point of articulation at the front of the leading
semi-trailer and the rear of the combination does not exceed 20.6 metres;
and
(b) the
prime mover of the combination is fitted with a front underrun protective
device that complies with regulation 93 made under the UN ECE Agreement;
and
(c) if
the prime mover has a date of manufacture after
31 December 2005—it is fitted with a cab that complies with
regulation 29 made under that Agreement; and
(d) the
prime mover does not have a load-carrying area.
(5) In subrule (4):
"UN ECE Agreement" means the Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform
Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be
fitted and/or be used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal
Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions done at
Geneva on 20 March 1958, as amended and in effect on
13 July 1999.