Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00383:reg:16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00383
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16
Character Range: 15545–17956

16  Environmental criterion—equivalent standards

Comparable emissions standards
 (1) For paragraph 136(2)(f) of the Rules, this section prescribes emissions standards that are comparable to the national road vehicle standards mentioned in subparagraph 131(a)(i) of the Rules.
 (2) The standards are standards that require emissions performance that is similar to or better than the performance required by the latest applicable national road vehicle standard.

What is the latest applicable national road vehicle standard?
 (3) The latest applicable national road vehicle standard is the most recent version of a national road vehicle standard relating to emissions that applies to the relevant model or variant.
Note: 'Relevant model or variant' is defined in subsection (5).

Date of SEVs Register application taken to be date of manufacture
 (4) In determining which version of a national road vehicle standard applies to the relevant model or variant, a reference in the standard to the date of manufacture of a vehicle is to be read as the date of the application for entry on the SEVs Register of the relevant model or variant.
Example: A national road vehicle standard relating to emissions applies to M-category vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of 3 tonnes or less. A relevant model or variant meets those criteria. As such, on its face, the standard applies to the model or variant.
There are two versions of the standard. The first version applies to vehicles with a 'date of manufacture' on or after 1 July 2017, while the later version applies to vehicles with a 'date of manufacture' on or after 1 July 2020.
Vehicles of the relevant model or variant were manufactured across 2018. However, the application for entry of the model or variant on the SEVs Register is made on 1 December 2021. Accordingly, 1 December 2021 is taken to be the 'date of manufacture', and the later version of the standard applies.
As such, to be considered 'comparable' for the purposes of subparagraph 131(a)(ii) of the Rules, the alternative standard must require emissions performance that is similar to or better than the later version of the national road vehicle standard.
 (5) The relevant model or variant is the make and model, or variant of a model, of a road vehicle to which the application for entry on the SEVs Register relates.

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