Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021
sch.1-sec.144AHydrogen-powered vehicles
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sch.1-sec.144A Hydrogen-powered vehicles
A hydrogen-powered vehicle built, or a vehicle modified to be a hydrogen-powered vehicle, after 1 January 2019 must have fixed conspicuously to its front and rear number plates— for a vehicle fitted with 1 hydrogen fuel container—a label complying with subsection (2) ; or for a vehicle fitted with 2 or more hydrogen fuel containers—2 labels that comply with subsection (2) . For subsection (1) , a label complies with this subsection if— it is affixed to a plate made of metal at least 1mm thick; and the label, and the plate to which it is affixed, is a regular pentagonal shape with— each side 20mm long; and each interior angle 108°; and it has a yellow surface complying with class 2 of AS 1906.1 (Australian Standard for retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes—retroreflective sheeting); and it is marked ‘H’ in a black upper case letter at least 10mm high with the orientation shown in the example; and it is fixed to the number plates so the letter marked on the label is in an upright position; and it does not wholly or partly obscure the characters on the number plates. In this section— hydrogen-powered vehicle means a vehicle— powered by a hydrogen fuel system; and that has 1 or more hydrogen fuel containers fitted to the vehicle for the system. sch 1 s 144A amd 2022 SL No. 20 s 12 sch 1 (sch.1-sec.144A-ssec.1) A hydrogen-powered vehicle built, or a vehicle modified to be a hydrogen-powered vehicle, after 1 January 2019 must have fixed conspicuously to its front and rear number plates— for a vehicle fitted with 1 hydrogen fuel container—a label complying with subsection (2) ; or for a vehicle fitted with 2 or more hydrogen fuel containers—2 labels that comply with subsection (2) . (sch.1-sec.144A-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , a label complies with this subsection if— it is affixed to a plate made of metal at least 1mm thick; and the label, and the plate to which it is affixed, is a regular pentagonal shape with— each side 20mm long; and each interior angle 108°; and it has a yellow surface complying with class 2 of AS 1906.1 (Australian Standard for retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes—retroreflective sheeting); and it is marked ‘H’ in a black upper case letter at least 10mm high with the orientation shown in the example; and it is fixed to the number plates so the letter marked on the label is in an upright position; and it does not wholly or partly obscure the characters on the number plates. (sch.1-sec.144A-ssec.3) In this section— hydrogen-powered vehicle means a vehicle— powered by a hydrogen fuel system; and that has 1 or more hydrogen fuel containers fitted to the vehicle for the system.
- (a) for a vehicle fitted with 1 hydrogen fuel container—a label complying with subsection (2) ; or
- (b) for a vehicle fitted with 2 or more hydrogen fuel containers—2 labels that comply with subsection (2) .