Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1989 No. 202 MOTOR VEHICLE STANDARDS REGULATIONS - REG 13

13. (1) Where the Minister has authorised a person to place compliance plates
on road vehicles of a particular type or has, upon application by a person,
approved a vehicle component of a particular type, the Minister may, from time
to time, require the person to furnish the Minister with information
sufficient to establish whether new vehicles or new components of that type
continue to comply with the national standards applicable to them.

(2) A person must comply with a requirement of the Minister under
subregulation (1).
Penalty: $1,000.

(3) Where the Minister has authorised a person to place compliance plates on
road vehicles of a particular type and:

   (a)  that person fails to provide information to the Minister under
        subregulation (1); or

   (b)  there are reasonable grounds for believing that the road vehicles in
        respect of which the authority was given are nonstandard; the person
        to whom the authority was given is to be regarded as having placed a
        compliance plate on a vehicle otherwise than in accordance with the
        arrangements made under section 10 of the Act.