Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2024
10Vehicles to which Vehicle Standards do not apply
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 10
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2024.
10 Vehicles to which Vehicle Standards do not apply
The Vehicle Standards do not apply to the following vehicles:
(a) a vehicle designed to be controlled by a person walking next to it;
(b) a cycle that was a power-assisted pedal cycle within the meaning of a third edition ADR, but that is no longer deemed to be a power-assisted pedal cycle due to amendments made to that third edition ADR.
| Note 1: | Also, the Vehicle Standards do not apply to vehicles that are specifically excluded from the definitions of motor vehicle and trailer in section 3(1) of the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999. | | Note 2: | With respect to paragraph (b) , power-assisted pedal cycle is defined in ADR (Definitions and Vehicle Categories). The definition includes vehicles referred to as pedelecs. |