South Australian Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) VARIATION RULES 2012 (NO 251 OF 2012) - REG 6

6—Variation of rule 125—Parts of a braking system

Rule 125(2)—delete subrule (2) and substitute:

        (2)         Each component of the braking system of a vehicle with a GVM over 4.5 tonnes must comply with the design and performance requirements of:

            (a)         a relevant standard approved by one of the following bodies made before 1 December 1999:

        •         Standards Australia

        •         British Standards Institution

        •         American Society of Automotive Engineers

        •         American National Standards Institute

        •         Japanese Standards Association

        •         Deutsches Institut für Normung

        •         International Organisation for Standardisation

        •         European Committee for Standardization (CEN); or

            (b)         a relevant standard approved by one of the bodies listed in paragraph (a) made on or after 1 December 1999.

Notes—

1         A standard approved by a standards body is sometimes identified by a different name or acronym to the approving body. For example, the standards approved by the European Committee for Standardization are identified by the acronym EN.

2         Rule 26 provides that a vehicle need not comply with an adopted standard if that standard is replaced by a later version of the standard and the vehicle complies with that later version.

        (3)         Despite anything to the contrary in rule 25—

            (a)         a reference to a standard in subrule (2) (a) is a reference to the standard as in force immediately before 1 December 1999; and

            (b)         a reference to a standard in subrule (2) (b) is a reference to the standard as in force when it was made.