Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations(1) The road transport authority may accept any of the following as evidence that a registrable vehicle complies with the applicable vehicle standards:
(a) an entry for the vehicle on the RAV indicating that the vehicle satisfies the requirements of the type approval pathway under the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018
(Cwlth), section 15;
(b) an identification plate attached to the vehicle;
Note Identification plates include compliance plates placed, or taken to be placed, on vehicles as early as 1972 under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989
(Cwlth) (repealed).
(c) a certificate issued by the vehicle's manufacturer, certifying that the vehicle complies with the applicable vehicle standards.
(2) If the road transport authority does not have the evidence mentioned in subsection (1) for a vehicle, the authority may inspect the vehicle and, if satisfied that the vehicle does comply, issue a certificate certifying that the vehicle complies with the applicable vehicle standards.