Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 222 MOTOR VEHICLE STANDARDS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3

3.1 New subregulations (5A), (5B) and (5C): After subregulation (5), insert:

"(5A) If an application in respect of road vehicles of a particular type is
not accompanied by information that would indicate compliance with any
relevant procedures determined under section 9 of the Act, sufficient to
establish whether each road vehicle of that type complies with the national
standards, the Minister may nevertheless authorise the placing of compliance
plates on vehicles of that type if the Minister is satisfied:

   (a)  that road vehicles of that type are not supplied to the market in
        substantial numbers; and

   (b)  that the application is accompanied by information sufficient to
        establish that vehicles of that type comply with the national
        standards.

"(5B) The Minister may specify as a condition of an authority given to a
person under subregulation (5A) the total number of road vehicles on which the
person may place compliance plates in any one year.

"(5C) An authority under subregulation (5) or (5A) given to a person in
respect of road vehicles of a particular type does not authorise that person
to place a compliance plate on a nonstandard road vehicle of that type.".
3.2 Subregulation (7): After "(5)", insert ",(5A)".
3.3 Subregulation (8): After "(5)", insert ",(5A)".