Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00831:clause:6_4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00831
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 4 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 6266–8019

given by paragraph 7(a).
 (2) The following expressions have the same meaning as in the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule—Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005:
 (a) dog trailer;
 (b) drive train;
 (c) gross trailer mass;
 (d) maximum motor cycle speed;
 (e) unladen mass;
 (f) unladen trailer mass;
 (g) wheelbase.

Meaning of final approved specification
 (3) Where approval of a Model Report is sought on the basis that vehicles manufactured or modified in accordance with it would comply, to a certain extent, with:
 (a) standards determined by the Minister under subsection 89(2) of the Rules; or
 (b) the applicable national road vehicle standards; or
 (c) both;
a vehicle is at the final approved specification where it complies with those standards to that extent.
Note: Broadly speaking, a Model Report may be approved on the basis that a vehicle manufactured or modified in accordance with it will comply, or substantially comply, with the standards mentioned in subsection (3) (see sections 72 to 75 of the Rules).

When does a vehicle exceed the deterioration limit?
 (4) A vehicle exceeds the deterioration limit if, in respect of a matter dealt with in an applicable standard set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 6:
 (a) the requirements set out in column 2 of the table are not satisfied; or
 (b) the vehicle does not function as intended in the relevant respect.
 (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), a standard is an applicable standard if:
 (a) for a vehicle mentioned in section 72, 73 or 75 of the Rules—the standard is an applicable ADR in respect of the vehicle; and
 (b) for a vehicle mentioned in section 74 of the Rules—the standard is an applicable national road vehicle standard in respect of the vehicle.