{"id":"F2021L00140","name":"Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Customs) Regulations 2021","slug":"road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-customs-regulations-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440760,"registerId":"F2021L00140-fast-fetch-1775956283793","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Customs) Regulations 2021","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\nRoad Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Customs) Regulations 2021\n\nI, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.\n\nDated 18 February 2021\n\nDavid Hurley\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nMichael McCormack\n\nDeputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Simplified outline of this instrument\n\n5 Definitions\n\nPart 2—Charges\n\n6 Charge for entry of vehicle on RAV via type approval pathway\n\n7 Charge for entry of vehicle on RAV via concessional RAV entry approval pathway\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Customs) Regulations 2021.\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 A single day to be fixed by the Minister by notifiable instrument.However, if the provisions do not commence before 1 April 2021, they commence on that day. 1 April 2021\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\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 the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Customs) Act 2018.\n\n4  Simplified outline of this instrument\n\nThis instrument prescribes charges in relation to certain matters connected with the administration of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 or the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018.\n\nThe prescribed charges are imposed as taxes by section 6 of the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Customs) Act 2018 and are imposed only so far as the charge is a duty of customs within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Customs) Act 2018.\n\naggregate trailer mass has the same meaning as in the RVS Rules.\n\nbus has the same meaning as in Part 10 of the RVS Rules.\n\nconcessional RAV entry approval pathway has the same meaning as in the RVS Rules.\n\ngoods vehicle has the same meaning as in Part 10 of the RVS Rules.\n\nmodified by the holder of a RAW approval, in relation to a vehicle, means the vehicle has been modified by a corporation that held a RAW approval that was in force at the time of the modification.\n\npassenger vehicle has the same meaning as in Part 10 of the RVS Rules.\n\nRAV has the same meaning as in the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.\n\nNote: RAV is short for Register of Approved Vehicles.\n\nRAW approval has the same meaning as in the RVS Rules.\n\nNote: RAW is short for registered automotive workshop.\n\nroad vehicle has the same meaning as in the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.\n\nRVS Rules means the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019.\n\nthree‑wheeled vehicle has the same meaning as in the RVS Rules.\n\ntwo‑wheeled vehicle has the same meaning as in the RVS Rules.\n\ntype approval pathway has the same meaning as in the RVS Rules.\n\nPart 2—Charges\n\n \n\n6  Charge for entry of vehicle on RAV via type approval pathway\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 6(1) of the Act, the charge in relation to the entry of a vehicle mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table on the RAV via the type approval pathway is the amount set out in column 2 of the item.\n\n \n\n- Charges\n- Item Column 1 Vehicle Column 2 Amount ($)\n- 1 Two‑wheeled vehicle or three‑wheeled vehicle 3.50\n- 2 Passenger vehicle 9.00\n- 3 Bus 6.60\n- 4 Goods vehicle 6.60\n- 5 Trailer with an aggregate trailer mass of 4.5 tonnes or less 0.75\n- 6 Trailer with an aggregate trailer mass of more than 4.5 tonnes 4.40\n\n\n7  Charge for entry of vehicle on RAV via concessional RAV entry approval pathway\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 6(1) of the Act, the charge in relation to the entry of a vehicle mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table on the RAV via the concessional RAV entry approval pathway is the amount set out in column 2 of the item.\n\n \n\n- Charges\n- Item Column 1 Vehicle Column 2 Amount ($)\n- 1 Two‑wheeled vehicle, or three‑wheeled vehicle, not modified by the holder of a RAW approval 3.50\n- 2 Bus not modified by the holder of a RAW approval 6.60\n- 3 Goods vehicle not modified by the holder of a RAW approval 6.60\n- 4 Trailer, with an aggregate trailer mass of 4.5 tonnes or less, not modified by the holder of a RAW approval 0.75\n- 5 Trailer, with an aggregate trailer mass of more than 4.5 tonnes, not modified by the holder of a RAW approval 4.40\n- 6 Road vehicle not covered by any of items 1 to 5 (including a passenger vehicle) and not modified by the holder of a RAW approval 9.00\n- 7 Two‑wheeled vehicle, or three‑wheeled vehicle, modified by the holder of a RAW approval 52.80\n- 8 Road vehicle, other than a two‑wheeled vehicle or three‑wheeled vehicle, modified by the holder of a RAW approval 136.50\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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument implements the charging power in the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Customs) Act 2018 by prescribing per‑vehicle fees for RAV entry and limiting those charges to duties of customs (s4). It does not expand regulatory subjects beyond the Act and the RVS Rules; it operationalises fees rather than changing who or what is covered (see s4 and regs 6–7)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrow subject‑matter: prescribes monetary charges only (s4; regs 6–7).","Two distinct entry pathways with separate schedules: type approval and concessional RAV entry (regs 6–7).","Multiple vehicle categories with different rates (regs 6–7) including trailer mass bands (reg 6 items 5–6).","Differential, much higher fees where modification was done by a RAW (reg 7 items 7–8), creating an additional compliance/cost trigger.","Dependence on external definitions in the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 and parent Acts for key terms (s5) — requires cross‑referencing to apply.","Legal constraint that charges are imposed only to the extent they are customs duties (s4) — narrows lawful scope and may require constitutional analysis.","Commencement governed by ministerial notifiable instrument with a fallback date (reg 2) — administrative discretion on timing."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets fixed fees for entering road vehicles onto the Register of Approved Vehicles (*RAV*) under the type‑approval and concessional RAV‑entry pathways. It lists per‑vehicle charges by category and higher charges where a registered automotive workshop (RAW) has modified the vehicle. It affects importers, RAWs and anyone seeking RAV entry because the listed fees (regs 6–7) are payable; it matters because it creates a predictable, legally prescribed cost for RAV entry."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of prescribing specific charge amounts for vehicle registration. It has not expanded beyond setting fees for RAV entry via the two specified pathways."},"complexity_factors":["Only 7 operative provisions (sections 1-7, with section 2 being commencement)","13 defined terms, all referencing external instruments (primarily the RVS Rules and parent Act)","Two simple tables setting out charges by vehicle category—no conditional logic or calculations","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward structure: preliminary matters, then two charging provisions","Heavy reliance on external definitions (all vehicle categories defined by reference to other instruments)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the fixed charges for adding vehicles to Australia’s Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV), distinguishing standard type-approval and concessional RAV entry pathways. It affects manufacturers, importers and registered automotive workshops (RAWs), with RAW-modified vehicles subject to substantially higher fees.\n\nThese charges function as customs duties that fund vehicle safety and standards administration; the concessional pathway’s higher rates for RAW-modified vehicles can be roughly 15–20 times standard fees."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-customs-regulations-2021","history":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-customs-regulations-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-customs-regulations-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-customs-regulations-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-customs-regulations-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-customs-regulations-2021/documents"}}