Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1989 No. 202 MOTOR VEHICLE STANDARDS REGULATIONS - REG 10

10. (1) Where:

   (a)  a road vehicle does not comply with the national standards applicable
        to it; and

   (b)  the road vehicle would, if it did comply with those standards, be
        unable to operate as a road vehicle in the manner or for the purpose
        in respect of which it was designed; and

   (c)  the Minister approves, in writing, of the vehicle being supplied to
        the market, used by a corporation in transport in Australia or
        imported, as the case may be; that is a prescribed circumstance for
        the purpose of paragraph 14 (2) (a), 15 (2) (a) or 20 (1) (b) of the
        Act, as the case requires.

(2) An approval under paragraph (1) (b) may be subject to written conditions
determined by the Minister, being conditions relating to safety or emissions
or to the placing of an identification plate on the vehicle.