30Supporting material—vehicles on the SEVs Register, and vehicles on the RAV subject to second stage of manufacture

30 Supporting material—vehicles on the SEVs Register, and vehicles on the RAV subject to second stage of manufacture

(1) This section applies where the Secretary is deciding whether a road vehicle would comply, or substantially comply, with a relevant standard if manufactured or modified in accordance with a Model Report that applies to a model, or one or more variants, of a road vehicle that: (a) is entered on the SEVs Register; or (b) is entered on the RAV via the type approval pathway and will be subject to second stage of manufacture. Vehicle, or component or system thereof, identical with type-approved vehicle, or component or system thereof (2) The Secretary may have regard to material that demonstrates that the vehicle, or a component or system of the vehicle, is identical, for the purposes of a relevant standard, to a vehicle, or a component or system of a vehicle, that is covered by: (a) a road vehicle type approval granted on the basis that the type of vehicle complied with the applicable national road vehicle standards; or (b) a road vehicle type approval granted on the basis that the type of vehicle substantially complied with the applicable national road vehicle standards, and the non-compliance was only in minor and inconsequential respects; or (c) an approval given under subsection 10A(1) or (2) of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989. (3) The material mentioned in subsection (2) must demonstrate that the type-approved vehicle was required to comply with the same standards as the model or variant to which the Model Report applies, based on: (a) the date from which the standards applied to the model or variant; and (b) the vehicle category. Technical analysis (4) Where no other kind of material that the Secretary may consider under sections 27 to 30 in respect of the vehicle or a particular aspect of the vehicle is available, the Secretary may have regard to technical analysis that demonstrates the extent to which the vehicle or aspect would comply with a relevant standard.