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This instrument is the Road Vehicle Standards (Classes of Components that are not Road Vehicle Components) Determination 2020.
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This instrument defines which vehicle parts are not treated as ‘road vehicle components’ under the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018. It says a component (or an assembly) is excluded if it can be assessed for compliance against a national road vehicle standard on its own, independent of a broader vehicle system (s5).
That means suppliers, importers and manufacturers of such parts will be subject to assessment and compliance routes tied to those national standards; eligibility turns on the independent-assessment test in s5.
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This instrument is the Road Vehicle Standards (Classes of Components that are not Road Vehicle Components) Determination 2020.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
This instrument is made under paragraph 7(3)(b) of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.
This instrument determines classes of components that are not road vehicle components.
(1) The components that do not fall within subsection (2) or subsection (3) are a class of components that are not road vehicle components. (2) A component falls within this subsection if the component is of a kind that is capable of being assessed for compliance with: (a) a national road vehicle standard; or (b) a standard deemed by a national road vehicle standard to be equivalent to the technical requirements of that national road vehicle standard. (3) A component falls within this subsection if: (a) the component is an assembly of one or more components; and (b) the assembly is of a kind that is capable of being assessed for compliance with a standard mentioned in subsection (2) (a relevant standard).
Note: ‘Assembly’ has the same meaning as in paragraph 7(1)(a) of the Act.
(4) A component or assembly is of a kind that is capable of being assessed for compliance with a relevant standard only if the standard provides for the assessment of that particular kind of component or assembly independent from an assessment of a broader system of the vehicle.
Note: Example 1: Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 1/00 – Reversing Lamps) 2005 specifies requirements that apply to reversing lamps only. As such, a reversing lamp can, itself, be assessed for compliance with that national road vehicle standard.
Note: Example 2: Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 38/05 – Trailer Brake Systems) 2018 specifies requirements for braking of trailers. It specifically provides for the assessment of foundation brakes, independent from the assessment of the trailer braking system as a whole. As such, foundation brakes can, themselves, be assessed for compliance with that national road vehicle standard.
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This instrument is the Road Vehicle Standards (Classes of Components that are not Road Vehicle Components) Determination 2020.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
This instrument is made under paragraph 7(3)(b) of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.
This instrument determines classes of components that are not road vehicle components.
(1) The components that do not fall within subsection (2) or subsection (3) are a class of components that are not road vehicle components. (2) A component falls within this subsection if the component is of a kind that is capable of being assessed for compliance with: (a) a national road vehicle standard; or (b) a standard deemed by a national road vehicle standard to be equivalent to the technical requirements of that national road vehicle standard. (3) A component falls within this subsection if: (a) the component is an assembly of one or more components; and (b) the assembly is of a kind that is capable of being assessed for compliance with a standard mentioned in subsection (2) (a relevant standard).
Note: ‘Assembly’ has the same meaning as in paragraph 7(1)(a) of the Act.
(4) A component or assembly is of a kind that is capable of being assessed for compliance with a relevant standard only if the standard provides for the assessment of that particular kind of component or assembly independent from an assessment of a broader system of the vehicle.
Note: Example 1: Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 1/00 – Reversing Lamps) 2005 specifies requirements that apply to reversing lamps only. As such, a reversing lamp can, itself, be assessed for compliance with that national road vehicle standard.
Note: Example 2: Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 38/05 – Trailer Brake Systems) 2018 specifies requirements for braking of trailers. It specifically provides for the assessment of foundation brakes, independent from the assessment of the trailer braking system as a whole. As such, foundation brakes can, themselves, be assessed for compliance with that national road vehicle standard.