means the aggregate of all of the axle loads of a vehicle;

means a form approved by the Authority for the purpose of these Regulations;

means a motor vehicle with a trailer, the trailer being called a semi-trailer, having no front axle and attached to the motor vehicle so that part of the trailer or its load is superimposed upon the motor vehicle over or ahead of its rear axle and a substantial part of the mass of the trailer or its load is borne by the motor vehicle;

means a business authorised under regulation 108;

means the centre of articulation of an articulated vehicle;

means any part of the vehicle through which weight is transmitted directly through a bearing to a road wheel and its tyre or 2 or more road wheels and their tyres where the centres of the wheels lie in the same transverse plane;

means the weight transmitted to the road through all the wheels and their tyres on an axle;

means a frame fitted to a motor vehicle or trailer to contain long poles or logs;

means in the case of a single rear axle the centre line of that axle, in the case of a tandem axle the line which is midway between the centre line of each axle comprising the tandem and in the case of a tri-axle the centre of the middle axle;

means a person appointed as such under section 9(1)(c) or 19(1);

means a device intended to restrain a baby or a child to the position in which the device is fitted in the event of a vehicle crash;

means centimetres;

means a motor vehicle with a trailer the laden mass of which exceeds 3 tonnes;

means a box-like goods receptacle provided with corner fittings designed to attach the freight container to a vehicle by means of twist locks;

means the maximum permissible aggregate mass of a combination vehicle or an articulated vehicle determined according to these Regulations;

means the maximum permissible aggregate mass of the vehicle determined according to these Regulations;

means any article or substance which is capable of posing a significant risk to life, health, safety or property or to the environment;

means kilograms;

means kilometres per hour;

means the mass of a vehicle and its load;

means a class of licence prescribed in Schedule 1 to the Land Transport (Drivers) Regulations 2000;

means a system designed to share the load between the axles comprising a tandem, a twin steer axle or a tri-axle;

means metres;

means millimetres;

means a motor vehicle designed to travel on 2 wheels and having an unladen mass not exceeding 410kg;

means a motor vehicle adapted or constructed for the purpose of hauling, lifting, moving or pushing but which is not itself designed to carry goods or passengers, and includes ancillary equipment mounted on or affixed to the vehicle forming part of it;

means a trailer on which the rear axles are connected to the motor vehicle by means of a pole and which is intended for the carriage of long poles or logs and which when fitted to a motor vehicle and loaded with poles and logs becomes a semi-trailer;

means the fee prescribed in Schedule 1 to the Land Transport (Fees and Penalties) Regulations 2000;

means the penalty specified in Schedule 2 to the Land Transport (Fees and Penalties) Regulations 2000;

means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry not more than 7 passengers excluding the driver for the private use of the owner and not for commercial purposes or as a public service vehicle;

means the distance from the effective centre of the rear axle or axle group to the rearmost portion of the vehicle or its load as the case may be;

means a certificate issued by the Authority when a vehicle is first registered or transferred containing the information specified in section 51(1);

means a notice issued by the Authority stating that a vehicle is registered for the period shown on the notice and other appropriate details of the vehicle, its use, ownership and registration label;

means square centimetre;

means a device fitted to or forming part of a vehicle and designed to secure the corner fittings of a freight container;

means the mass of a vehicle without any load but with a full tank of fuel, the design content of lubricants and other fluids and with spare wheel, tools and other equipment necessary for the operation of the vehicle;

means a motor vehicle or trailer temporarily imported into Fiji by a visitor;

means a wheel the tyre of which is in contact with the ground;

means the dimension measured horizontally and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle between the front and the rear wheel centrelines at unladen mass and—

• (a)in the case of multiple axle in the rear axle group, the dimension is the midpoint of the centrelines of the extreme axles of the axle group; or
• (b)in the case of a steerable front axle or axle group, the dimension is the centreline of the foremost axle; and

means the weight transmitted to the road through a wheel and its tyre.