4Vehicle Standards

4 Vehicle Standards

These regulations –

(a) prescribe vehicle standards for Tasmania; and

(b) are referred to, collectively, within these regulations as the Vehicle Standards.

| Note: | The Vehicle Standards set standards with which vehicles must comply in order to be driven on public streets. | | | The Australian Design Rules (ADRs) are rules for designing and building vehicles. Imported vehicles must also comply with the ADRs. | | | The Vehicle Standards require a vehicle that is subject to an ADR when built or imported to continue to comply with the ADR. | | | The Vehicle Standards also apply certain other standards (adopted standards) that are intended to complement the ADRs. | | | The ADRs do not cover: | | | vehicles built before 1969; or | | | combinations of vehicles of any age; or | | | every safety feature for vehicles built between 1969 and 1988. | | | Those matters are covered by the Vehicle Standards and dimension limits for vehicles are set out in the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2024 . | | | In most cases, if a vehicle complies with the Vehicle Standards and the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2024 it is suitable for use on public streets. |