Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00138:clause:3_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00138
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 1
Character Range: 7465–9970

1  Definitions
(1) In this Schedule:
approved form means a form approved under item 28.
commencement means the day that this Schedule commences.
new law means the following laws:
 (a) the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018;
 (b) the rules made under that Act;
 (c) the national road vehicle standards determined under that Act;
 (d) any other instruments made under that Act or those rules;
 (e) the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Customs) Act 2018;
 (f) the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—Excise) Act 2018;
 (g) the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition—General) Act 2018.
Note: The national standards made under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 (also known as the Australian Design Rules) are taken to be national road vehicle standards determined under the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018: see item 2 of this Schedule.
old law means the following laws, as in force immediately before commencement:
 (a) the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 (other than sections 25 to 32);
 (b) the Motor Vehicle Standards Regulations 1989;
 (c) the national standards determined under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 (also known as the Australian Design Rules);
 (d) the Motor Vehicle Standards (Approval to Place Used Import Plates) Guidelines 2006 (No. 1);
 (e) the Motor Vehicle Standards (Placement of Used Import Plates) Determination 2004 (No.1);
 (f) the Motor Vehicle Standards (Procedures for Inspecting and Testing Used Imported Vehicles) Determination 2002;
 (g) the Motor Vehicle Standards (Registered Automotive Workshops—Fit and Proper Persons) Determination 2002;
 (h) the Motor Vehicle Standards (Road Vehicles) Determination 2017;
 (i) the Motor Vehicle Standards (Used Imported Vehicle Report) Determination 2006 (No. 1).
transitional period means the 24 month period that begins on commencement.
(2) The following expressions used in this Schedule, that are also used in the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018, have the same meaning in this Schedule as they have in that Act:
 (a) import;
 (b) provide;
 (c) road vehicle type approval;
 (d) rules;
 (e) Secretary;
 (f) SEVs Register.
(3) To avoid doubt, if a provision of this Schedule provides that the new law does not apply in relation to a matter, the provision has effect subject to items 25 and 27.
Note: Those items provide for certain provisions of the new law to apply in relation to this Schedule and the old law (to the extent that the old law applies because of this Schedule).

Part 2—National standards