{"id":"F2021L00139","name":"Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Excise) Regulations 2021","slug":"road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-excise-regulations-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440761,"registerId":"F2021L00139-fast-fetch-1775956283798","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Excise) 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—Excise) 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\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—Excise) 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they commence on that day. 1 April 2021\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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—Excise) 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 5 of the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Excise) Act 2018 and are imposed only so far as the charge is a duty of excise 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—Excise) 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 5(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 ($)\n- 1 Two‑wheeled vehicle or three‑wheeled vehicle 3.50\n- 2 Passenger vehicle 9.00\n- 3 Bus 6.60\n- 4 Goods vehicle 6.60\n- 5 Trailer with an aggregate trailer mass of 4.5 tonnes or less 0.75\n- 6 Trailer with an aggregate trailer mass of more than 4.5 tonnes 4.40\n\n\n7  Charge for entry of vehicle on RAV via concessional RAV entry approval pathway\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 5(1) of the Act, the charge in relation to the entry of a vehicle mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table on the RAV via the concessional RAV entry approval pathway is the amount set out in column 2 of the item.\n\n \n\n- Charges\n- Item Column 1 Vehicle Column 2 Amount ($)\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":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change which vehicles or regulatory powers apply; it prescribes monetary amounts for RAV entry under existing pathways and uses the Act and RVS Rules for definitions. It specifies charges for type-approval and concessional-entry routes (regs 6–7) and confirms that charges are imposed only so far as they qualify as excise (reg 4). It therefore adjusts financial obligations without expanding or narrowing substantive regulatory coverage."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to primary instruments (Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Excise) Act 2018, Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018, and Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019) increase interpretive steps (see regs 3–5, table notes).","Two separate entry pathways (type approval and concessional RAV entry) require mapping fees to pathway-specific rules (regs 6–7).","Multiple vehicle classifications (two‑wheel/three‑wheel, passenger, bus, goods, trailers by ATM, ‘road vehicle’ catch-all) create branching fee outcomes (regs 6–7).","Differential, much higher charges where a vehicle was modified by the holder of a RAW approval introduce a discontinuity in incentives for using RAWs (reg 7 items 7–8).","Ministerial discretion to fix commencement date adds an implementation timing variable (reg 2).","Constitutional constraint that charges apply only as far as they are duties of excise imposes a legal boundary on scope (reg 4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets fixed excise-style fees for entering vehicles onto the Register of Approved Vehicles (RAV) under the type-approval and concessional-entry pathways. Fees vary by vehicle class and are substantially higher where a vehicle was modified by a registered automotive workshop (RAW). It applies to vehicle importers, RAWs and the regulator, creating per-vehicle charges and modest administrative/compliance costs. The Minister fixes commencement; the amounts and classes rely on definitions in the Road Vehicle Standards Act and the Road Vehicle Standards Rules."},"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 dollar amounts for RAV entry charges. It does not expand beyond the fee-setting function authorised by the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Only 7 operative provisions (sections 1-7)","Minimal conditional logic — essentially two lookup tables with straightforward vehicle categorisation","Definitions section contains 13 terms, all of which are simple references to other legislation ('has the same meaning as in...')","No nested exceptions or complex cross-referencing beyond basic incorporation of definitions from the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019","Structure is linear: preliminary matters → two fee tables","No temporal provisions, review mechanisms, or administrative procedures beyond the commencement table"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the charges for adding vehicles to Australia’s Register of Approved Vehicles, with two fee schedules depending on whether a vehicle follows the standard type-approval route or a concessional entry pathway for non‑standard/imported/modified vehicles. It affects manufacturers, importers, registered automotive workshops and anyone seeking RAV entry.\n\nFees run from about $0.75 for small trailers to $9 for passenger cars, up to $136.50 for workshop‑modified vehicles; proceeds fund the regulatory checks that protect safety and environmental standards."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-excise-regulations-2021","history":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-excise-regulations-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-excise-regulations-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-excise-regulations-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-excise-regulations-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/road-vehicle-standards-charges-imposition-excise-regulations-2021/documents"}}