National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation - Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006
320When do traffic‑related items comply substantially with the Australian Road Rules
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320 When do traffic‑related items comply substantially with the Australian Road Rules
(1) A traffic‑related item complies substantially with the Australian Road Rules if: (a) it is a reasonable likeness of a diagram in Schedule 4 of that kind of traffic‑related item; or (b) for a traffic‑related item of a kind for which there is not a diagram in Schedule 4—it complies substantially with a description of that kind of traffic‑related item in the Rules and, if the description includes a symbol for which there is a diagram in Schedule 4, the symbol on the item is a reasonable likeness of the diagram. (2) A traffic‑related item may be a reasonable likeness of a diagram of a kind of traffic‑related item mentioned in the Australian Road Rules even though: (a) the dimensions of the item, or of anything on the item, are different; or (b) the item has additional information. (3) A symbol on a traffic‑related item may be a reasonable likeness of a diagram of a kind of symbol mentioned in the Australian Road Rules even though the dimensions of the symbol, or of anything on the symbol, are different.