Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112:reg:171:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 171 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 231205–233800

171  Circumstances in which a person is permitted to import a road vehicle
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 22(2)(d) of the Act, a person is permitted to import a road vehicle if, at the time of the importation, subsection (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) applies.
Note: A person commits an offence if the person imports a road vehicle into Australia where they were not permitted to do so at the time of the importation (see subsection 22(1) of the Act). However, the rules may prescribe circumstances in which a person is permitted to import a road vehicle (see paragraph 22(2)(d)).

Vehicles covered by a CPD carnet
 (2) This subsection applies if the following are satisfied in respect of the road vehicle:
 (a) the vehicle is covered by a CPD carnet; and
 (b) the vehicle is imported in circumstances in which Article 2(1) of the Private Road Vehicles Convention provides for temporary admission without payment of import duties and import taxes and free of import prohibitions and restrictions.

Vehicles covered by an ATA carnet—Istanbul Convention
 (3) This subsection applies if the following are satisfied in respect of the road vehicle:
 (a) the vehicle is covered by an ATA carnet within the meaning of Article (1)(b) of Annex A to the Istanbul Convention, issued in accordance with that Convention; and
 (b) the vehicle is imported in circumstances in which that Convention provides for the grant of temporary admission of goods.

Vehicles covered by an A.T.A. carnet—ATA Convention
 (4) This subsection applies if the following are satisfied in respect of the road vehicle:
 (a) the vehicle is covered by an A.T.A. carnet within the meaning of Article 1(d) of the ATA Convention, issued in accordance with that Convention; and
 (b) the vehicle is imported under a Convention mentioned in Article 3 of the ATA Convention, as in force for Australia from time to time.

Vehicles covered by certain customs by‑laws
 (5) This subsection applies if one of the following is satisfied in respect of the road vehicle:
 (a) item 10 of Schedule 4 to the Tariff Act applies to the vehicle by virtue of a by‑law, as in force from time to time, made for the purpose of implementing a Status of Forces Agreement or Status of Visiting Forces Agreement to which Australia is a party;
 (b) item 11 of Schedule 4 to the Tariff Act applies to the vehicle by virtue of any by‑law made for the purposes of that item, as in force from time to time;
 (c) paragraph 15(d) of Schedule 4 to the Tariff Act applies to the vehicle by virtue of any by‑law made for the purposes of that item, as in force from time to