Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017
13ANSW rule: application of Light Vehicle Standards Rules
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13A NSW rule: application of Light Vehicle Standards Rules
13A NSW rule: application of Light Vehicle Standards Rules
(cf 2007 reg Sch 2 cl 2)
(1) Subject to this rule and except where the context of these rules otherwise indicates or requires, a registrable vehicle that is a light vehicle and that is, or is to be, driven on a road or road related area—
(a) must be provided with the items of equipment appropriate for the vehicle set out in, and conforming with the provisions of, these rules, and
(b) must be so constructed and equipped that it will comply with all other provisions appropriate to the vehicle that are specified in these rules.
(2) The provisions of these rules (other than this rule) do not apply to any plant that is not constructed on a chassis normally used in the construction of a motor lorry.
(3) However, any such plant must comply with any vehicle standards or technical specifications approved by Transport for NSW in relation to the plant.
(4) In this rule—
plant means a motor vehicle that wholly comprises—
(a) a machine or implement that is not capable of carrying any load other than tools and accessories usually carried, or
(b) a crane or a fork lift truck.