20Approval to import certain nonstandard vehicles

20 Approval to import certain nonstandard vehicles

(1) A person may import a nonstandard road vehicle or a road vehicle that does not have an identification plate: (a) where the vehicle is to be exported from Australia (with or without further work being done on it) without having been used in transport in Australia; or (b) in prescribed circumstances. (2) A person may import a nonstandard prescribed vehicle component: (a) where it is to be used in the manufacture of an export vehicle; or (b) in prescribed circumstances. (3) Regulations for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) or (2)(b) may provide for the importation, whether generally or in specified circumstances, of a road vehicle, or a vehicle component, as the case may be: (a) with the written approval of the Minister; or (b) with such approval subject to written conditions determined by the Minister. (3A) The regulations may provide that the number of used vehicles of a specified class that a specified person may be approved to import during a specified period must not exceed a specified number. (3B) For the purposes of subsection (3A), used vehicle means a road vehicle that has been used in transport outside Australia. (4) A person commits an offence if: (a) an approval granted to the person under regulations for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) or (2)(b) is subject to conditions as mentioned in paragraph (3)(b); and (b) the person engages in conduct; and (c) the person’s conduct results in the contravention of a condition of that approval.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.