{"id":"F2024L01569","name":"New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Determination 2024","slug":"new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-determination-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442650,"registerId":"F2024L01569-fast-fetch-1775957616521","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Determination 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nNew Vehicle Efficiency Standard Determination 2024\n\nI, CATHERINE KING, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, make the following determination.\n\nDated     27 November 2024.\n\n \n\nCATHERINE KING\n\nMinister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government\n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Interpretation\n\n5  Repeal\n\nPart 2—Exempt Vehicles\n\n6  Exempt Vehicles\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Determination 2024\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument At the same time as the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024 commences. However, the provisions do not commence at all if that Act does not commence. 1 January 2025\n\n\n \n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under paragraph 29(1)(c) of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024.\n\n4  Interpretation\n\nNote 1:       A number of expressions used or mentioned in this instrument are defined in section 10 of the Act, including the following:   \n\n(a)      emissions number\n\n(b)      RAV road vehicle\n\n \n\n1.   In this instrument:\n\n\nAct means the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024.\n\nADR on Carbon Dioxide Emissions has the meaning set out in subsections (2) and (3).\n\nNVES Integration Date means 31 December of the year in which an ADR on Carbon Dioxide Emissions is first applicable to a vehicle.\n\n \n\nSpecific definition—meaning of ADR on Carbon Dioxide Emissions\n\n1.    ADR on Carbon Dioxide Emissions means a national road vehicle standard determined under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 which:\n\n\n1.     provides for testing a vehicle’s carbon dioxide emissions; and\n2.     is the source of that vehicle’s emissions number to be entered onto the RAV.\n\n\n1.   Without limiting subsection (2), an ADR on Carbon Dioxide Emissions includes the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 81/02 – Fuel Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles) 2008.\n\n\n \n\n5  Repeal\n\n   This instrument is repealed at the end of 31 December 2029.\n\n \n\nPart 2—Exempt Vehicles\n\n6  Exempt Vehicles\n\n1.   The following classes of road vehicles have exempt vehicle status for the purposes of the Act:\n\n\nTransitional – vehicles for which there is no standard for carbon dioxide emissions\n\n1.      Any vehicle to which an ADR on Carbon Dioxide Emissions does not apply, until the first of the following date, whichever is earlier:\n  1.             the NVES Integration Date for that vehicle; or\n  2.             the date of repeal of this instrument.\n\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function suggested by its title and placement under the NVES Act. It creates a targeted transitional exemption for vehicles lacking emissions testing standards — precisely what would be expected as supporting machinery for a new vehicle efficiency scheme. There is no scope creep; it does not expand beyond its obvious purpose of operationalising the parent Act during its startup phase."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 6 sections across 2 Parts","Minimal defined terms — only 3 definitions in the instrument itself (Act, ADR on Carbon Dioxide Emissions, NVES Integration Date), with 2 terms incorporated by reference from the parent Act","Single operative provision (section 6) with one exemption category","Simple temporal condition — exemption lasts until earlier of two dates (standard creation or instrument repeal)","No nested exceptions, cross-references to other legislation are straightforward (parent Act and Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018)","Self-terminating — automatic repeal after 5 years"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination grants a temporary exemption from Australia’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard for road vehicles that lack an official Australian test standard to measure CO₂ emissions. It gives manufacturers, importers and suppliers a grace period — until a measurement standard is adopted or 31 December 2029 — so the NVES won’t bar vehicles from sale simply because a testing method doesn’t yet exist."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument sets a transitional exemption mechanism and timing; it does not, on its face, expand or narrow the statutory scope beyond establishing when vehicles lacking an ADR on CO2 are excluded from NVES obligations. No internal text indicates a change from the Act's expressed scope."},"complexity_factors":["Dependence on definitions and timing in the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024 (cross-references to section 10 and paragraph 29(1)(c)).","Reliance on external ADRs (Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 standards) to determine when the exemption ends, including explicit inclusion of ADR 81/02.","Conditional commencement tied to the Act commencing and to the NVES Integration Date mechanic.","Fixed statutory repeal date (31 December 2029) creating a temporal limit that interacts with ADR adoption timing.","Limited scope (single exemption class) but operational impact requires coordinated administrative steps (RAV entries, testing, and ADR applicability determinations)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination gives temporary exempt status to new vehicles that have no applicable ADR on carbon dioxide emissions. Exemption lasts until the NVES Integration Date (31 December of the year an ADR first applies to that vehicle) or until the instrument is repealed (31 December 2029). It commences when the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024 commences.\n\nIt affects vehicle importers and manufacturers by delaying NVES reporting and emissions-number entry onto the RAV for those vehicles. An ADR becoming applicable is the trigger that moves vehicles out of the exemption."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-determination-2024","history":"/api/acts/new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-determination-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-determination-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-determination-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-determination-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-determination-2024/documents"}}