Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 19971–22682

4  Simplified outline of this instrument

      This instrument complements the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (the Act) by prescribing matters relating to the regulation of road vehicles and road vehicle components.
      The Act provides that a road vehicle must generally be entered on the Register of Approved Vehicles (the RAV) before a person may provide the vehicle for the first time in Australia. Part 2 of this instrument provides for the keeping of the RAV. Among other things, it sets out the information to be included on the RAV and the persons who may enter and correct that information.
      The Act also provides that a vehicle may be entered on the RAV if it satisfies the requirements of an entry pathway. Part 3 sets out the requirements of the two entry pathways – the type approval pathway and the concessional RAV entry approval pathway. Among other things, these pathways require that a road vehicle type approval or concessional RAV entry approval must be in force in relation to the vehicle. Part 3 provides for the grant of such approvals and the conditions to which they will be subject.
      Part 4 of this instrument provides for the grant of other approvals to enable vehicles to satisfy the requirements of those entry pathways. Among other things, the Secretary may approve a corporation as a registered automotive workshop (a RAW) under Division 2 or authorised vehicle verifier (AVV) under Division 4. The Secretary may also approve a Model Report under Division 3. These approvals are relevant in a range of circumstances. For instance, one of the means by which certain vehicles may satisfy the requirements of the concessional RAV entry approval pathway is to be manufactured or modified by the holder of a RAW approval in accordance with an approved Model Report, then verified by the holder of an AVV approval.
      Division 5 provides for the grant of testing facility approvals, which permit the holder of the approval to test vehicles and road vehicle components against vehicle standards at certain facilities. Evidence produced by testing conducted at such facilities is relevant to the grant of other approvals under this instrument.
      Finally, Division 6 provides for the keeping of the Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles Register (SEVs Register). A person may apply to the Secretary for a make and model, or one or more variants of a model, of a road vehicle to be entered on the SEVs Register. A vehicle covered by an entry on the SEVs Register may subsequently be entered on the RAV via the concessional RAV entry approval pathway if it meets the additional requirements set out in Part 3.
      Part 5 provides for the grant of approvals to permit the