1Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 80/03 – Emission Control for Heavy Vehicles) 2006

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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 80/03 — Emission Control for Heavy Vehicles) 2006

made under Section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

Compilation: 4 (up to and including Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 80/03 — Emission Control for Heavy Vehicles) 2006 Amendment 4)

Compilation Date: 18/02/2023

Volume 1 contains Clauses 0.1–6 and Notes

Volume 2 contains Appendix A

Volume 3 contains Appendix B

Volume 4 contains Appendix C

Volume 5 contains Appendix D

Compiled by: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

CONTENTS

0.1 NAME OF STANDARD

1 SCOPE

2 APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION

3 DEFINITIONS

4 REQUIREMENT

5 EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES

6 ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS

NOTES

0.1 NAME OF STANDARD

0.1.1 This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 80/03 – Emission Control for Heavy Vehicles) 2006.

0.1.2 This Standard may also be cited as ADR 80/03.

1 SCOPE

1.1 This vehicle standard prescribes the exhaust emissions requirements for engines used in heavy vehicles in order to reduce air pollution.

2 APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION

2.1 This vehicle standard applies to vehicles of the M and N categories, with a GVM greater than 3.5 tonnes, as provided in clause 2.2.

2.2 This vehicle standard applies:

2.2.1 from 1 January 2010 in relation to new model vehicles produced on or after 1 January 2010; and

2.2.2 from 1 January 2011 in relation to vehicles produced on or after 1 January 2011, other than new model vehicles referred to in clause 2.2.1.

2.3 For the purposes of clause 2.2.1, a new model vehicle is a vehicle of a model first produced with a date of manufacture on or after 1 January 2010.

2.4 To the extent of any inconsistency, the applicability dates specified in clause 2.2 apply in lieu of any dates specified in Appendix A, Appendix B or Appendix C.

2.5 Vehicles complying with ADR 80/04 need not comply with this vehicle standard.

3 DEFINITIONS

3.1 For the purposes of clause 2.3, ‘date of manufacture’ means, for a road vehicle entered onto the Register of Approved Vehicles under the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018, the date of that entry. Otherwise, the date the vehicle is available in Australia in a condition that will enable an ‘Identification Plate’ to be lawfully affixed to the vehicle.

3.2 For the purposes of clauses 6.2.5, 6.3.4 and 6.4.3, “reagent” has the meaning defined in section 2 (Definitions) of Annex I to Appendix B.

3.3 For the purposes of clauses 6.2.4, 6.3.5 and 6.4.2, “defeat device” has the meaning defined in section 2 (Definitions and Abbreviations) of Annex I to Appendix A and “defeat strategy” has the meaning defined in section 2 (Definitions) of Annex I to Appendix B, as amended by Appendix C.