Vol. 46 No. 2 — 3/2003

Volume 46, No. 2
B.C. Reg. 3/2003

The British Columbia Gazette, Part II
January 28, 2003

B.C. Reg. 3/2003, deposited January 17, 2003, pursuant to the COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT ACT [Section 11]. Order in Council 24/2003, approved and ordered January 16, 2003.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Commercial Transport Regulations, B.C. Reg. 30/78, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule. — G. COLLINS, Minister of Finance; G. CAMPBELL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 Section 1.01 of the Commercial Transport Regulations, B.C Reg. 30/78, is amended

(a) by adding the following definitions:

"permanently mounted equipment" means a

(a) crane, winch or chassis-mounted rotating ready-mix concrete drum,

(b) dump box with tilt cylinders mounted behind the cab, or

(c) liquid tank and associated hydro-vac equipment if 100% of a liquid tanker straight truck's payload and capacity consists of liquid load, and the hydro-vac equipment is designed and used to excavate trenches and holes hydraulically and vacuum the loosened material into the liquid tank, but does not include conventional vacuum truck equipment.

"TAC (BC) Vehicle" means a truck tractor that otherwise conforms to the definition of a TAC Vehicle, but that is also equipped with one or both of the following:

(a) a tandem steer front axle group;

(b) a tridem drive axle group.

(b) by adding ", that are equipped with dual wheels and tires on each track" to the end of the definition of "tridem drive axle", and

"tridem tractor" means a truck tractor that is equipped with single or tandem steering axles and a tridem drive axle; .

2 Section 7.05 is amended

(a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

(1) The minister, or any person authorized by the minister, may by general authority or by the issuance of a permit number or written permit, authorize the driving or operation on a highway of a commercial vehicle that does not conform to sections 7.09 to 7.40, and the fee for the permit is that specified in the Commercial Transport Fees Regulation.

(1.1) A person who is issued a permit number under subsection (1) without a written permit must report to a weigh scale to obtain a written permit at the first opportunity. , and

(b) in subsection (12) by adding "or permit number" after "permit".

3 Section 7.08 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "Sections 7.09 to 7.38" and substituting "Sections 7.09 to 7.40", and

(b) by adding the following subsection:

(7) A bridge load limit for tridem axles posted by the Minister of Transportation on or adjacent to a bridge applies also to any group of 3 axles having a spread of 3.7 m or less.

4 Section 7.13 (1) is amended by striking out "TAC Vehicle" and substituting "TAC and TAC (BC) Vehicles".

5 Section 7.14 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "TAC Vehicles" and substituting "TAC and TAC (BC) Vehicles",

(b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following:

(2) A person must not drive or operate a vehicle or vehicle combination unless it conforms to the vehicle dimensions specified for that vehicle or vehicle combination in Appendix A, B, C, D, E, F or G to this regulation. ,

(3) A person must not, without a permit, drive or operate a vehicle combination, including an under-slung fifth wheel semi-trailer with a length of more than 14.65 m, as measured from the kingpin to the rearmost point of the trailer. ,

(d) by repealing subsection (4),

(e) by repealing subsection (5) and substituting the following subsections:

(5) A person must not, without a permit, drive or operate either of the following if it has an overall length, including its load, in excess of 23 m:

(a) a truck tractor in combination with a single semi-trailer;

(b) a jeep and low-bed semi-trailer as allowed by section 7.36.

(6) Vehicles and vehicle combinations, including semi-trailers and full trailers, do not include as part of their length anything described in section 7.13 (2) (b) (i), (iii) or (iv).

6 Section 7.15 (1) is amended by striking out "TAC Vehicles" and substituting "TAC (BC) Vehicles".

7 Section 7.16 is repealed.

8 Section 7.17 (1) is amended by striking out "TAC Vehicles" and substituting "TAC (BC) Vehicles".

9 Section 7.18 is repealed.

10 Section 7.19 (1) is amended by striking out "TAC Vehicle" and substituting "TAC (BC) Vehicle".

11 Section 7.20 is repealed.

12 Section 7.22 (1) is amended by striking out "TAC Vehicles" and substituting "TAC (BC) Vehicles".

13 Section 7.23 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "TAC Vehicles" and substituting "TAC and TAC (BC) Vehicles", and

(b) by repealing subsections (2) (b) and (3).

14 Section 7.24 (2) is amended by striking out "TAC Vehicle" and substituting "TAC (BC) Vehicle".

15 Section 7.25 (2) is amended by striking out "TAC Vehicle" and substituting "TAC (BC) Vehicle".

16 Section 7.28 is repealed.

17 Section 7.30 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "TAC Vehicles" and substituting "TAC and TAC (BC) Vehicles",

(b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following:

(2) A person must not, without an overload permit, drive or operate on a highway a vehicle so loaded that the gross weight on a tire exceeds

(a) that specified for that vehicle or vehicle combination in Appendix B, C, D, E, F or G to this regulation, or

(b) the manufacturer's rated capacity for the tire.

18 Section 7.31 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "TAC Vehicles" and substituting "TAC (BC) Vehicles", and,

(b) in subsection (6) (a) by striking out "Appendix G of Division 7" and substituting "Appendix H to this regulation".

19 Section 7.32 is amended

(a) by repealing subsection (1),

(b) in subsection (2) by striking out "TAC Vehicles" and substituting "TAC and TAC (BC) Vehicles",

(d) by repealing subsection (4),

(e) by adding subsection (4.2) as follows:

(4.2) A person must not, without a permit, drive or operate a vehicle or vehicle combination if

(a) the axle weight of any one axle in a tandem-drive axle or any one axle in a trailer axle unit exceeds 9 100 kg, or

(b) except for a tridem pole trailer, the axle weight of any two adjacent axles of a tridem axle in a trailer exceeds 17 000 kg, and

(f) by repealing subsections (5), (6), (9) and (10).

20 Section 7.36 is repealed and the following substituted:

7.36 Despite any other provision of this regulation, a tandem drive axle truck tractor may be coupled to a single axle jeep or a single axle jeep and lowbed semi-trailer operating unloaded or transporting only a non-reducible load, provided that the interaxle spacing between the tandem drive axle and the jeep single axle is not less than 1.2 m nor more than 3.5 m.

21 Section 7.37 is repealed and the following substituted:

7.37 (1) This section applies only to drivers or operators of TAC and TAC (BC) Vehicles and vehicle combinations.

(2) A person must not, without a permit, drive or operate

(a) a vehicle or vehicle combination unless the axle weights conform to those shown for that vehicle or vehicle combination in Appendix B, C, D, E, F or G to this regulation,

(b) a tridem-drive truck or truck tractor equipped with a booster or jeep axle,

(c) a truck with a booster axle assembly if the tires of the booster axle are in contact with the ground, unless the truck is a concrete ready-mix truck that is not equipped with tridem-drive axle, or

(d) a truck that is a TAC or TAC (BC) Vehicle and full trailer if

(i) the truck has a rear-mounted crane located behind the rear suspension centre of the truck, and

(ii) the truck has a tare weight, including all ancillary equipment and the rear-mounted crane, without load, greater than 14 000 kg

unless the vehicle combination conforms to the dimensions and weights specified in Appendices A and F to this regulation.

(3) A person must not, without a permit, drive or operate on a highway a 3 vehicle combination consisting of a truck tractor, semi-trailer and pony trailer.

22 Section 7.38 is amended

(a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

(1) A person must not, without a permit, operate a combination of vehicles intermixing TAC or TAC (BC) Vehicles and vehicles that are not TAC or TAC (BC) Vehicles unless

(a) the axle weights and spacing of the non-TAC vehicle in the combination conform to Table 1 of section 7.31,

(b) the TAC or TAC (BC) Vehicle of the combination conforms to the dimensions and weights shown for that TAC and TAC (BC) Vehicle in Appendix A, B, D, E, F or G to this regulation, and

(c) the gross vehicle weight for the combination conforms to the gross vehicle weight for that type of TAC or TAC (BC) Vehicle combination specified in Appendix A, B, D, E, F or G to this regulation. , and

(b) by repealing subsections (2) and (3).

23 Section 7.39 is amended

(a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

(1) A person must not, without a permit, operate a tridem drive vehicle unless the vehicle's weights and dimensions conform to those specified for that vehicle or vehicle combination in Appendix A, B, D, E, F, G, H or I to this regulation. ,

(b) by repealing subsection (1.1),

(d) by repealing subsections (3) to (7).

24 Section 7.40 is amended by adding ",7.23 (2) (a) (i)" after "sections 7.22 (2)".

25 Appendices A to K of Division 7 are repealed and the attached Appendices A to I are substituted.