18Approval to import vehicles without identification plates for evaluation etc

#### 18 Approval to import vehicles without identification plates for evaluation etc (1) Without limiting the generality of subregulation 11(1), the Minister may approve an application to import a nonstandard road vehicle or a road vehicle that does not have an identification plate if he is satisfied that the vehicle: (a) is a new vehicle to be used: (i) for market evaluation and research; or (ii) for tests to establish whether vehicles of a particular type comply with national standards for the purpose of an approval under section 10A of the Act for an identification plate to be placed on a vehicle or vehicles of that type; or (b) is a vehicle (other than a new vehicle): (i) to be used for market evaluation and research, and the applicant has an approval under section 10A of the Act to place identification plates; or (ii) to be used for tests to establish whether a vehicle of that make and model can be made to comply with the requirements for approval, under section 13D of the Act, for the placement of a used import plate, and in respect of which the requirements of subregulation (2) are complied with; or (c) is to be used in road vehicle racing or rally competition; or (d) is to be used in providing support to a road vehicle in road vehicle racing or rally competition and has been built, modified or adapted for that purpose; or (e) is of a type not generally available in Australia and is to be imported primarily for exhibition. (2) For subparagraph (1)(b)(ii), the requirements are as follows: (a) the vehicle, if it is not a two‑wheeled or a three‑wheeled vehicle, must be of a make and model entered on the Register of Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles; (b) the applicant must be a registered automotive workshop, or be an applicant for RAW approval that has met Stage 1 audit requirements; (c) for an applicant that is a registered automotive workshop, the vehicle must be the first vehicle of that make and model to be approved for the applicant for the purposes of that subparagraph, unless otherwise approved by the Minister; (d) for an applicant that is an applicant for RAW approval: (i) the vehicle must be the first vehicle to be approved for the applicant for the purposes of that subparagraph; and (ii) the application to import must be accompanied by an application, under section 21A of the Act, for RAW approval.