Motor Vehicle Standards Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 78
I, JOHN LANDY, Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.
Dated 11 May 2005
JOHN LANDY
Administrator
By the Administrator’s Command
JAMES ERIC LLOYD
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 the commencement of these amendments, continues to apply in the following circumstances:
(a) a person intending to import a vehicle paid an amount in relation to the intended importation of the vehicle before 7 February 2005;
(b) the vehicle was not imported before the commencement of these amendments;
(c) the vehicle was manufactured before 1 January 1991;
(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
Note
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