Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112:reg:146e
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 146E
Character Range: 206140–208303

146E  Criteria for deciding application—RAW (used vehicle) import approval
 (1) The Minister may grant a RAW (used vehicle) import approval to a RAW in respect of a road vehicle if:
 (a) the vehicle is not a new vehicle; and
 (b) the vehicle was originally manufactured after 31 December 1988; and
 (c) the make and model of the vehicle is included in the schedule of approved vehicles for the RAW; and
 (d) the application is accompanied by an application under section 13C of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 for approval to place a used import plate on the vehicle; and
 (e) for a vehicle other than a two‑wheeled or three‑wheeled vehicle—in the period of 12 months immediately preceding the application, the RAW has not been granted approval to import more than a total of 130 vehicles in the vehicle category to which the vehicle belongs under:
 (i) this section; or
 (ii) section 15 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Regulations 1989; or
 (iii) both (considered together); and
 (f) for a restricted volume two‑wheeled or three‑wheeled vehicle—in the period of 12 months immediately preceding the application, the RAW has not been granted approval to import more than a total of 130 vehicles in the vehicle category to which the vehicle belongs under:
 (i) this section; or
 (ii) section 15 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Regulations 1989; or
 (iii) both (considered together).
Note: For paragraph 146E(1)(d)—broadly speaking, a used import plate permits a used imported vehicle to be supplied to the market for the purposes of subsection 16(1) of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989. Applications under section 13C of that Act can be made and granted in accordance with the provisions of the old law during the transitional period – see Division 2, Part 3 of Schedule 3 of the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018. The Act and this instrument do not apply, during the transitional period, to the provision of used imported vehicles that have had used import plates placed on them in accordance with such an approval.

 (2) This section does not apply to an unrestricted volume two‑wheeled or three‑wheeled vehicle.