33KPower of Secretary to conduct tests or assessments

33K Power of Secretary to conduct tests or assessments S. 33K(1) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 71(a)). (1) The Secretary may conduct any test on, or make any assessment of, an automated vehicle that is specified in an ADS permit, or in an application for an ADS permit, to determine if it may be operated on a highway with safety. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the automated vehicle may be the subject of— (a) a test or assessment of its automated driving system; or S. 33K(2)(b) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 71(a)). (b) any other test or assessment the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate in the circumstances. S. 33K(3) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 71(b)(i)). (3) If the Secretary conducts a test or makes an assessment under this section— (a) the test or assessment must be conducted— (i) by a person of the class prescribed in relation to that class of test or assessment; and (ii) in accordance with the ADS guidelines (if any are applicable); and S. 33K(3)(b) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 71(b)(ii)). (b) the use of the results of the test or assessment by the Secretary to determine whether an automated vehicle may be operated on a highway with safety must be in accordance with the ADS guidelines. S. 33K(4) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 71(c)). (4) A person who, in good faith, reports to the Secretary any information that discloses or suggests that the automated driving system of a specified motor vehicle is such as to make the operation of the vehicle on a highway unsafe, is not civilly or criminally liable by reason only of making that report. S. 33L (Heading) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 72). S. 33L inserted by No. 8/2018 s. 6.