Div 5provides for the grant of testing facility approvals, which permit the holder of the approval to test vehicles and road vehicle components against vehicle standards at certain facilities. Evidence produced by testing conducted at such facilities is relevant to the grant of other approvals under this instrument.

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Division 5 provides for the grant of testing facility approvals, which permit the holder of the approval to test vehicles and road vehicle components against vehicle standards at certain facilities. Evidence produced by testing conducted at such facilities is relevant to the grant of other approvals under this instrument.

Finally, Division 6 provides for the keeping of the Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles Register (SEVs Register). A person may apply to the Secretary for a make and model, or one or more variants of a model, of a road vehicle to be entered on the SEVs Register. A vehicle covered by an entry on the SEVs Register may subsequently be entered on the RAV via the concessional RAV entry approval pathway if it meets the additional requirements set out in Part 3.

Previous sectionPart 4of this instrument provides for the grant of other approvals to enable vehicles to satisfy the requirements of those entry pathways. Among other things, the Secretary may approve a corporation as a registered automotive workshop (a RAW) under Division 2 or authorised vehicle verifier (AVV) under Division 4\. The Secretary may also approve a Model Report under Division 3\. These approvals are relevant in a range of circumstances. For instance, one of the means by which certain vehicles may satisfy the requirements of the concessional RAV entry approval pathway is to be manufactured or modified by the holder of a RAW approval in accordance with an approved Model Report, then verified by the holder of an AVV approval.

Next sectionPart 5provides for the grant of approvals to permit the importation of road vehicles into Australia. The Part deems the holder of a concessional RAV entry approval to be the holder of an import approval in certain circumstances. It also provides for three further types of import approval:

Division Div 5 - Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 - provides for the grant of testing facility approvals, which permit the holder of the approval to test vehicles and road vehicle components against vehicle standards at certain facilities. Evidence produced by testing conducted at such facilities is relevant to the grant of other approvals under this instrument. | Zoe