Motor Vehicle Standards Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 2005 No. 78 as amended

made under the

Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989

This compilation was prepared on 13 July 2005

[This Regulation was amended by SLI 2005 No. 159
(see F2005L01918)]

Amendment from SLI 2005 No. 159
[Schedule 1 (item 1) repeals and substitutes r. 4
Schedule 1 (item 1) commenced on 9 July 2005]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Motor Vehicle Standards Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Motor Vehicle Standards Regulations 1989

  Schedule 1 amends the Motor Vehicle Standards Regulations 1989.

4 Transitional

  Regulation 17, as in force immediately before 13 May 2005, applies if:

 (a) a person intending to import a vehicle paid an amount in relation to the intended importation of the vehicle before 7 February 2005; and

 (b) the vehicle was not imported before 13 May 2005; and

 (c) the vehicle was manufactured before 1 January 1991; and

 (d) an application, made by the person, requesting the minister’s approval to import the vehicle is received by the Department before 1 January 2006.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Subregulation 4 (3)

omit

a compliance plate

insert

an identification plate

[2] Before regulation 7

insert

7A Definition of manufacture for Division 4.1

  In this Division:

manufacture does not include modify.

[3] Paragraph 13 (a)

substitute

 (a) the vehicle has been owned and used by the applicant for a continuous period of at least:

 (i) for a vehicle owned by the applicant before 9 May 2000 — 3 months; or

 (ii) in any other case — 12 months; and

[4] Paragraph 15 (1) (b)

substitute

 (b) the vehicle was first manufactured after 31 December 1988; and

[5] Paragraph 16 (c)

substitute

 (c) the vehicle was first manufactured after 31 December 1988.

[6] Regulation 17

substitute

17 Approval to import vehicles of a certain age without identification plates

  The Minister must approve an application to import a nonstandard road vehicle, or a vehicle that does not have an identification plate, if the vehicle was manufactured before 1 January 1989.

[7] Regulation 21

omit

15 (2) (a), 16 (2) (a) and 20 (1) (b) of the Act.

insert

15 (2) (a) and 20 (1) (b) of the Act.

[8] Subregulation 24 (7)

substitute

 (7) A vehicle is not eligible to be entered on the register if:

 (a) it is in the TA, TB, TC or TD vehicle category; or

 (b) it was manufactured before 1 January 1989.

[9] Paragraphs 26 (c) and (d)

substitute

 (c) to restrict the year range of eligibility to road vehicles that were first manufactured after 31 December 1988; or

 (d) to extend the year range of eligibility to road vehicles that were first manufactured after 31 December 1988; or

[10] Regulation 27

omit

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