Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112:reg:51
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 51
Character Range: 93398–95530

51  Modifications of road vehicles
  For the purposes of paragraphs 26(1)(e) and (2)(g) of the Act, the following modifications are allowed:
 (a) modifications carried out on a road vehicle that is entered on the RAV via the type approval pathway for the purpose of seeking:
 (i) a road vehicle type approval that relates to those modifications; or
 (ii) the approval of a Model Report that relates to those modifications;
 (b) modifications carried out during second stage of manufacture in accordance with the supporting information for a road vehicle type approval;
 (c) modifications carried out on a road vehicle that is entered on the RAV via the type approval pathway during second stage of manufacture in accordance with an approved Model Report that applies to the vehicle;
 (d) modifications carried out in accordance with the National Code of Practice Heavy Vehicle Modifications, as in force in the State or Territory in which the vehicle was modified at the time the modifications were made;
 (e) modifications carried out on a road vehicle that is entered on the RAV via the type approval pathway, where the modifications:
 (i) are not covered by the supporting information for the relevant road vehicle type approval; and
 (ii) are made in accordance with written instructions provided by the holder of that approval.
Note 1: Under paragraphs 26(1)(e) and (2)(g) of the Act, it is an offence for a person to modify a road vehicle on the RAV, or to hand the vehicle over to another person for modification, if the modification occurs before the vehicle is provided to a consumer for the first time in Australia, the modification causes the road vehicle not to satisfy the requirements of the entry pathway that applied at the time the vehicle was entered on the RAV, and the modification is not otherwise allowed by the rules.
Note 2: For the purposes of paragraph (e)—it is a condition of a road vehicle type approval that the holder of the approval cannot give instructions that, broadly speaking, would detrimentally affect the extent to which a relevant vehicle complies with the national road vehicle standards.