(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Government Gazette, require compliance with standards for registration relating to the construction, efficiency, performance, safety, design and equipment of, and the method of identifying, motor vehicles and trailers.
(2) A standard may include a code of practice.
(3) A notice under subsection (1) must specify the class or classes of motor vehicles and trailers to which the standards apply.
(4) The standards must be available for inspection on request at a place which is open to the public and is specified in the notice.
(5) Unless the Minister otherwise specifies in the notice relating to a particular standard, a standard applies only to motor vehicles or trailers manufactured 12 months or more after the date of the notice.
S. 11 amended by No. 44/1989 s. 41(Sch. 2 item 34.4), repealed by No. 57/1998 s. 9(b).
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S. 12 amended by Nos 44/1989 s. 41(Sch. 2 item 34.4), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 173.1).