Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1989 No. 202 MOTOR VEHICLE STANDARDS REGULATIONS - REG 12

12. (1) Application may be made to the Minister for approval of:

   (a)  a vehicle component, being a component that is, or is to be, supplied
        to the market for the manufacture of a new vehicle; or

   (b)  a road vehicle; or

   (c)  a partly assembled road vehicle; being an approval that states that
        the component, road vehicle or partly assembled road vehicle, as the
        case requires, complies with particular national standards or relevant
        parts of particular national standards.

(2) The Minister may, by signed instrument, approve:

   (a)  a vehicle component that is, or is to be, supplied to the market for
        the manufacture of a new vehicle; or

   (b)  a road vehicle; or

   (c)  a partly assembled road vehicle; being an approval that states that
        the component, road vehicle or partly assembled road vehicle, as the
        case requires, complies with the particular national standards
        specified in the approval or with relevant parts of particular
        national standards.

(3) An approval under subregulation (2) may be used to support an application
for authority to place a compliance plate on a road vehicle, or on road
vehicles of a particular type.

(4) Application may be made to vary an application made under subregulation
(1) or an approval under subregulation (2).

(5) An application under subregulation (1) or (4) must be in accordance with
an approved form and is to be accompanied by material sufficient to establish
compliance with the national standards or relevant parts of national standards
in relation to which the application is made.