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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 44/00 – Specific Purpose Vehicle Requirements) 2006

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

This item is authorised by the following title:

Superseded version
F2006L0274418 August 2006 - 29 March 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This standard was originally made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 and from 1 July 2021 continues in force as if it were a national road vehicle standard determined under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 44/00 — Specific Purpose Vehicle Requirements that is: (a) made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards 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 Vehicle Standards Act 1989 that creates a vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 44/00


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Incorporated by reference

  • Code Governing the Installation in Caravans of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment and Appliances

  • ADR 13 – Installation of Lights and Light-Signalling Devices : s 44.2.2.4.1

  • ADR 21 – Instrument Panels : s 44.2.1.9.3

  • ADR 38 – Trailer Brake Systems : s 44.2.4.3.0

  • AS 2444 - 1985 “Portable Fire Extinguishers- Selection and Location." : s 44.2.2.5

  • AS E38-1962 "Portable Warning Signs for Motor Vehicles" : s 44.2.2.4.3

  • Australian Standard 1418 'Rules for Cranes', Part 1 (1977- "General Requirements') and Part 5 (1980- "Mobile Cranes") : s 44.2.2.2.1

  • Australian Standard 1425-1982 "SAA Code for the Use of LP Gas in internal Combustion Engines" : s 44.2.6.1.1

  • Australian Standard 1742-1975 "Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices" : s 44.2.6.3.2

  • Australian Standard 1771 - 1975 "Recommendations for Installation of Fifth Wheel and Turntable Assemblies on Truck Chassis" : s 44.2.3.2.9.1

  • Australian Standard 1772 - 1975 "Recommended Applications for Common Types of Fifth Wheel and Turntable Assemblies" : s 44.2.3.2.9.2

  • Australian Standard 1773 - 1975 “Test Requirements and Criteria for Fifth Wheel and Turntable Assemblies" : s 44.2.3.2.8.1.1

  • Australian Standard 1872-1976 “Safety Chains for Trailers and Caravans" : s 44.2.3.3.1.1

  • Australian Standard 2174 - 1978 "Recommendations for Positions and Heights of Fifth Wheels for Articulated Vehicles" : s 44.2.3.2.9.3

  • Australian Standard 2175 - 1978 Part 1; "Kingpins for Semi-trailers and Lowloaders" : s 44.2.3.2.8.1.1

  • Australian Standard 2175 -1978 Part 1 "Australian Standard Specification for 54 mm Fifth Wheel King Pins for Semi-trailers and Low Loaders" : s 44.2.3.2.12.1.1

  • Australian Standard 2213 - 1978 "50 mm Pin-type Couplings for Trailers" : s 44.2.3.2.4.4

  • Australian Standard 3509-1988 “LP Gas Fuel Vessels for Automotive Use" : s 44.2.6.1.2

  • Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule – Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 : s 44.1.1