Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00871:clause:3_7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00871
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 7
Character Range: 96659–98850

7  Standards concerning handling characteristics of converted vehicle
 (1) The following handling characteristics of the converted vehicle must be equivalent to those of the original vehicle, subject to the specified tolerances:
 (a) the turning circle of the converted vehicle, in both clockwise and anticlockwise directions, must be within ± 100 millimetres of that of the original vehicle;
 (b) the suspension travel of the converted vehicle must be within ± 10 millimetres of that of the original vehicle;
 (c) for passenger vehicles, or goods vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of 3.5 tonnes or less—the peak lateral acceleration in both clockwise and anticlockwise directions, as measured in accordance with a test method described in ISO 4138:2012(en) Passenger cars — Steady-state circular driving behaviour — Open-loop test methods, must be within ± 5 per cent of that of the original vehicle;
 (d) for vehicles other than vehicles of a kind referred to in paragraph (c)—the results achieved by the converted vehicle upon executing a single sine-wave lateral acceleration input, as specified in Part 10 (sinusoidal input) of ISO 14793: 2011 – Road Vehicles – Heavy Commercial Vehicles and Buses – Lateral transient response test methods, must fall within a tolerance of ± 5 per cent of the results achieved by the original vehicle.
Note: In 2021, the ISO standards were available on the International Organisation for Standardization website at http://iso.org.
 (2) Paragraphs (1)(c) and (1)(d) do not apply to the converted vehicle where:
 (a) the steering ratio of the converted vehicle, determined by measuring the swept steering angle of the steered wheels as a function of the angular displacement of the steering control throughout the full steering range, is within a tolerance of ± 5 per cent of that of the original vehicle; and
 (b) an electronic functional check shows that the steering and electronic stability control systems are functioning correctly throughout the full steering range of the converted vehicle.
 (3) In this clause:
goods vehicle has the meaning given by section 239 of the Rules.
passenger vehicle has the meaning given by section 239 of the Rules.