13Non-application of Vehicle Standards: Motor Vehicle Standards Act approvals

13 Non-application of Vehicle Standards: Motor Vehicle Standards Act approvals

A provision of Part 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 or 13 of the Vehicle Standards does not apply to a vehicle if –

(a) the vehicle does not comply with a requirement of an ADR applying to the vehicle; and

(b) the provision of the Vehicle Standards corresponds to the requirement of the ADR; and

(c) despite the non-compliance –

(i) before the repeal of the MVSA an approval was given under section 10A(2) or (3) of that Act to place an identification plate on the vehicle; or

(ii) an approval is given under item 4(2) or 6(2) of Schedule 3 to the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018 (Cwlth); or

(iii) the vehicle satisfied the requirements of the type approval pathway under section 15(1) of the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 (Cwlth) as a vehicle to which section 15(2) of those Rules applied and the vehicle is entered on the RAV; and

(d) the vehicle complies with the approval conditions (if any).

| Note 1: | Section 10A(2) of the MVSA deals with vehicles that do not comply with an ADR, but the non-compliance is only in minor and inconsequential respects | | Note 2: | Section 10A(3) of the MVSA deals with vehicles that do not comply with an ADR, and the non-compliance is not minor and inconsequential, but the vehicle will be safe to use if conditions are complied with. |