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New Accredited Mass Management Scheme operating conditions
On 22 March 2021, Main Roads updated the operating conditions for the Accredited Mass Management Scheme (AMMS). The new AMMS operating conditions have been streamlined to provide clarity on the requirements, greater flexibility to AMMS operators and alignment with the format of our other operating conditions.
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With the introduction of the new AMMS Operating Conditions, some of the changes to the AMMS permits include: 1) Consistency and more flexibility with approved vehicle combinations throughout all AMMS levels; 2) There is no longer a requirement to identify the specific vehicle category on the permit. Instead, the transport operator simply pays for the maximum modified mass (mass in excess of statutory limits) that they require. They can then use any approved vehicle combination within that modified mass limit identified in the relevant AMMS Operating Conditions; and 3) The different AMMS Level axle group mass limits can be mixed, provided the axle groups loaded to the lesser AMMS Level are at the rear of the vehicle combination.
All new/renewed AMMS permits will be issued subject to the new AMMS Operating Conditions. Existing AMMS permits are still valid until they expire.
Please visit the Accredited Mass Management Scheme (AMMS) webpage on our website to view the new AMMS operating conditions at www.mainroads. wa.gov.au/heavy-vehicles/permit-orderscheme/accredited-mass-managementscheme-amms/
Remote Areas Consultative Group meetings to be hosted by WA during 2021-2022
The Remote Areas Consultative Group (RACG) consists of the four ‘remote area’ jurisdictions, namely the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia
and Western Australia, and is sponsored by the respective jurisdiction’s regulating authority.
Each of the remote jurisdictions has representatives from its regulator and peak industry bodies. WA’s representation is comprised of Main Roads, the Western Roads Federation and the Livestock and Rural Transport Association of WA.
Participating national bodies include the National Transport Commission, National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, National Road Transport Association and ARRB. Observer organisations consist of the Truck Industry Council, Transport for NSW, and the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.
The RACG provides a platform for remote area operators and senior agency officers to exchange views on barriers to cross-border operations for road transport, and to recommend solutions to problems.
It provides a forum for consultation between jurisdictional, industry and national members on a range of road transport issues relating to remote areas, including proposed reforms.
Following each six monthly meeting, communiques are published on the host jurisdiction’s website. The next meeting is scheduled for mid-2021.
Hosting duties are rotated among the jurisdictions every two years, and have recently been handed over from South Australia to Western Australia for the period 2021-2022. Western Australia previously hosted it during 2004-2006 and 2012-2014.
Main Roads WA looks forward to actively contributing to and further progressing the liaison the RACG has accomplished to date.
