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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 73/0073/00 – Offset Frontal Impact Occupant ProtectionOffset Frontal Impact Occupant Protection) 20052005
I, JAMES ERIC LLOYD, Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads, determine this vehicle standard under subsection 7 (1) of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.

Dated  29th November 2005

[SIGNED]

James Eric Lloyd
Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads

CONTENTS

1. legislative provisions..............................................
1.1 NAME OF STANDARD...........................................
1.2 COMMENCEMENT..............................................
1.3 REPEAL.......................................................
2. SCOPE.........................................................
3. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLeMENTATION.........................
4. DEFINITIONS...................................................
5. REQUIREMENTS................................................
6. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS.....................................
APPENDIX A..........................................................

          1. legislative provisions
         1.1 NAME OF STANDARD
         1.1.1 This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 73/00 – Offset Frontal Impact Occupant Protection) 2005.

         1.1.2 This Standard may also be cited as Australian Design Rule 73/00 — Offset Frontal Impact Occupant Protection.

         1.2 COMMENCEMENT
         1.2.1 This Standard commences on the day after it is registered.

         1.3 REPEAL
         1.3.1 This Standard repeals each vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 73/00 — Offset Frontal Impact Occupant Protection that is:

               (a) made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicles Standard Act 1989; and

          (b) in force at the commencement of this Standard.

         1.3.2 This Standard also repeals each instrument made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicles Standard Act 1989 that creates a vehicle standard with the name Australian Design Rule 73/00 — Offset Frontal Impact Occupant Protection, if there are no other vehicle standards created by that instrument, or amendments to vehicle standards made by that instrument, that are still in force at the commencement of this Standard.

2.                                          SCOPE
         The function of this national standard is to specify crashworthiness requirements in terms of forces and accelerations measured by anthropomorphic dummies so as to minimise the likelihood of injury to the occupants in offset frontal impacts.
3.                                          APPLICABILITY AND IMPLeMENTATION
3.1.                                    Applicability Summary
3.1.1.                              This ADR applies to the design and construction of vehicles as required by clauses 3.1.2 and 3.1.3 and set out in clause 3.2.
3.1.2.                              This rule is binding:
              (a)                from 1 January 2000 on all new model MA category vehicles; and with a Gross Vehicle Mass of less than 2.5 tonnes.
              (b)               from 1 January 2004 on all MA category vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Mass of less than 2.5 tonnes.
3.1.3.                              For the purposes of clause 3.1.2, a "new model" MA vehicle is a vehicle model first produced with a 'Date of Manufacture' on or after 1 January 2000.

3.2.                                    Applicability Table

Vehicle Category                   ADR Category Code  UNECE Category Code  Manufactured on or After  Acceptable Prior Rules
Moped 2 wheels                     LA                 L1                   N/A
Moped 3 wheels                     LB                 L2                   N/A
Motor cycle                        LC                 L3                   N/A
Motor cycle and sidecar            LD                 L4                   N/A
Motor tricycle                     LE                 L5                   N/A
Passenger car                      MA