4Approval of certain vehicles, components etc as complying with particular national standards

#### 4 Approval of certain vehicles, components etc as complying with particular national standards (1) Application may be made to the Minister for approval of: (a) a vehicle component, being a component that is, or is to be, supplied to the market for the manufacture of a new vehicle; or (b) a road vehicle; or (c) a partly assembled road vehicle; being an approval that states that the component, road vehicle or partly assembled road vehicle, as the case requires, complies with particular national standards or relevant parts of particular national standards. (2) The Minister may, by signed instrument, approve: (a) a vehicle component that is, or is to be, supplied to the market for the manufacture of a new vehicle; or (b) a road vehicle; or (c) a partly assembled road vehicle; being an approval that states that the component, road vehicle or partly assembled road vehicle, as the case requires, complies with the particular national standards specified in the approval or with relevant parts of particular national standards. (3) An approval under subregulation (2) may be used to support an application for authority to place an identification plate on a road vehicle, or on road vehicles of a particular type. (4) Application may be made to vary an application made under subregulation (1) or an approval under subregulation (2). (5) An application under subregulation (1) or (4) must be in accordance with an approved form and is to be accompanied by material sufficient to establish compliance with the national standards or relevant parts of national standards in relation to which the application is made.