Road Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2014
Part 6Central Inspection Authority
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Part 6—Central Inspection Authority 57—Prescribed class of vehicles (section 163C(1) of Act) For the purposes of section 163C(1) of the Act, buses are vehicles of a prescribed class, other than buses that are used to provide passenger transport services within the meaning of the Passenger Transport Act 1994. 58—Prescribed period (section 163D(1a) of Act) For the purposes of section 163D(1a) of the Act, a period of 12 months commencing on 1 July is a prescribed period. 59—Certificate of inspection (section 163D(2) of Act) (1) For the purposes of section 163D(2) of the Act, a certificate of inspection must be in the form set out in Schedule 1 Form 8. (2) A certificate of inspection must be issued by the Authority on the condition that, during the currency of the certificate, an inspection label supplied by the Authority is firmly affixed in an upright position to the vehicle— (a) to the inside surface of the front windscreen in a corner on the opposite side of the windscreen to the driver's position; or (b) in the case of a vehicle that has a pivoted, hinged or fixed side window adjacent to the front windscreen on the opposite side of the windscreen to the driver's position—to the inside surface of that window, but not so as to obstruct the driver's vision. 60—Design, maintenance etc requirements for vehicles to which Part 4A of Act applies (1) For the purposes of sections 163D(3)(b) and 163F of the Act, the prescribed requirements relating to design, construction and safety are the requirements relating to design, construction and safety contained in the Code of Practice for Buses, stipulated by the Central Inspection Authority, as in force from time to time (the Code of Practice), to the extent to which those requirements are consistent with the vehicle standards. (2) For the purposes of sections 163D(3a), 163F and 163GA of the Act, the prescribed scheme of maintenance is the scheme specified in section 15 of the Code of Practice. (3) For the purposes of section 163GA(1)(a)(i) of the Act, the particulars of prescribed maintenance and repair work carried out on a vehicle are the particulars of maintenance and repair work specified in section 15 of the Code of Practice. (4) For the purposes of section 163GA(1)(a) of the Act, the prescribed form is the appropriate form set out in the First Schedule of the Code of Practice. (5) For the purposes of section 163GA(1)(b) of the Act, the records in the form of Part 1 of the First Schedule of the Code of Practice must be retained for a period of not less than 6 months and those in the form of Part 2 of the First Schedule of the Code of Practice must be retained for a period of not less than 12 months. (6) In this regulation— vehicle standards— (a) in relation to a heavy vehicle—means the heavy vehicle standards under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (South Australia); (b) in relation to a light vehicle—means the light vehicle standards.