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AUSTRALIAN VEHICLE STANDARDS RULES - REG 23

Partial exception to compliance with ADRs – personally imported vehicles

    (1)     In this rule:

"personally imported vehicle" means a vehicle built after 1968 that:

        (a)     has been imported into Australia by a person in accordance with:

            (i)     an approval to import given under regulation 9D or 13 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Regulations 1989 (Cwlth) before their repeal; or

            (ii)     an approval to import under Schedule 3, item 13 to the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018 (Cwlth); or

        (b)     has been:

            (i)     imported into Australia by a person in accordance with a concessional RAV entry approval granted on the basis that the vehicle satisfied the eligibility criterion set out in section 39 of the Australian Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 (Cwlth); and

            (ii)     entered on the RAV.

    (2)     A personally imported vehicle must be fitted with:

        (a)     seat belts that are as effective as seat belts that meet an Australian Standard or British Standard for seat belts as in force when this rule commenced; and

        (b)     seat belt anchorages that meet the number and location requirements of second or third edition ADR 5; and

        (c)     child restraint anchorages that meet the number, location, accessibility, thread size and form requirements of second edition ADR 34 or third edition ADR 5 or 34; and

        (d)     head restraints that meet the number, location and size requirements of second or third edition ADR 22.

    (3)     However, a personally imported vehicle need only meet the requirements of an ADR mentioned in subrule (2) if the ADR recommends that it should apply, or applies, to a vehicle of the same type.

    (4)     A personally imported vehicle need not otherwise comply with an ADR applied by rule 19(1) or 20(1).



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