16Concessional standards and testing concessions applicable to all relevant vehicles

16 Concessional standards and testing concessions applicable to all relevant vehicles

(1) This section applies to a road vehicle that is manufactured or modified in accordance with a Model Report to which subsection 89(2) of the Rules applies. Concessions to requirement to comply with standards (2) The vehicle is not required to comply with an applicable ADR mentioned in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 to the extent set out in column 2. Concessions to testing requirements (3) An applicant for approval of a Model Report may rely on a testing concession mentioned in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 when providing supporting material to demonstrate that a road vehicle manufactured or modified in accordance with the Model Report would comply with an applicable ADR mentioned in column 1.

Note: The testing concessions mentioned in subsection (3) are distinguished in the table from the concessions mentioned in subsection (2) by the heading ‘testing concessions’.

(4) In deciding whether to approve the Model Report, the Secretary must have regard to those concessions.