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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 42/04 – General Safety Requirements) 2005

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  • Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

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Superseded version
F2005L0399613 December 2005 - 12 October 2007

This standard was originally made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 and from 1 July 2021 continues in force as if it were a national road vehicle standard determined under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (see Schedule 3, Part 2, item 2 of the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018).

This standard repeals each vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 42/04 — General Safety Requirements that is: (a) made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicles Standard Act 1989; and (b) in force at the commencement of this standard. This standard also repeals each instrument made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicles Standard Act 1989 that creates a vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 42/04 — General


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Incorporated by reference

  • (US) Tire and Rim Association Inc. Year Book: s25.1

  • Australian Design Rule – Definitions and Vehicle Categories: s4

  • Australian Standard 1973-1993 “Pneumatic Tyres – Passenger Car, Light Truck and Truck/Bus – Retreading and Repair Process": s25.2.1.2

  • Australian Standard 2230-1979: “New Pneumatic Highway Tyres other than Passenger Car Tyres": s25.2.1.1

  • Australian Standard 2230-1990 “Pneumatic Tyres Light Truck and Truck/Bus-New": s25.2.1.1

  • Australian Standard 2513: 1982 Electrical Connections for Trailer Vehicles: s9.2.1

  • Australian Standard 3001-1981 Electrical Installations in Caravans and Caravan Parks: s9.3

  • European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (E.T.R.T.O.) Data Book: s25.1

  • FMVSS 118-FR VOL36 No. 232-02.12.1971- Power Operated Window System: s19.3.2.6.4

  • FMVSS 118-FR VOL58 No. 60-31.03.1998: s19.3.2.6.4

  • Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 119 – 1973; FR38-218: “New Pneumatic Tyres for Vehicles other than Passenger Cars": s25.2.1.2

  • ISO 1185 – 1997 Road vehicles -- Connectors for the electrical connection of towing and towed vehicles -- 7-pole connector type 24 N (normal) for vehicles with 24 V nominal supply voltage : s9.2.1

  • Japan Automobile Tire Manufacturers Association Year Book: s25.1

  • Japanese Industrial Standard JIS D4230-1986 – “Tires for Automobiles": s25.2.1.4

  • Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS-D4202) “Dimensions of Tires" and (JIS-D4218) “Contours of Rims": s25.1

  • Society of Automotive Engineers SAE J 560 – 1998 Primary and Auxiliary Seven Conductor Electrical Connector for Truck-Trailer Jumper Cable: s9.2.1

  • Tyre and Rim Standards Manual - Tyre and Rim Association of Australia: s25.1

  • UN ECE Regulation 54/00 – “Tyres for Commercial Vehicles": s25.2.1.3