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COMMONWEALTH  OF  AUSTRALIA

MOTOR  VEHICLE  STANDARDS  ACT  1989

VEHICLE STANDARDS
DETERMINATION NO 1 OF 2005 REPEAL OF ADR 17/00

Determination of Vehicle Standards under Section 7 of
the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989

I, James Eric Lloyd, Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads, make the following determination under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989:

1. Short Title and Citation

This Determination may be cited as the Vehicle Standards Determination No 1 of 2005.

2. Entry into Force

This Determination comes into force on the date on which it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

3.                  Interpretation and Definitions

(1) In this Determination and in the notes annexed to it:

    "ADR" means Australian Design Rule but does not include preliminary pages (numbered (i) and (ii) and headed "cover sheet") published at the front of any ADR.

(2) Clause headings form part of this Determination and may be used in its interpretation.

    (3) The notes annexed to this Determination are for ease of reference and do not form part of it.

4. Changes to Vehicle Standards - ADR 17/00

The vehicle standard known as ADR 17/00 Fuel System is repealed.

5. Clarifications and Savings

The provisions of this Determination do not render non standard any vehicle manufactured in conformity with the standards that applied at the time of its manufacture.

Dated this 21st day of July 2005

[signed]  Jim Lloyd

Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads

Notes to Vehicle Standards Determination No. 1 of 2005 Repeal of ADR 17/00:

A. Terms Used

    A1.  Terms defined in the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 are used in this Determination and these notes as follows:
    "Administrator" - see section 22;
    "manufacture" - see section 5;
    "vehicle standard" - see section 7;
    "non standard" - see section 5;   and
    "road vehicle" - see section 5.

A2. In these notes:
    "ADR volume" means the publication that is prepared and distributed by the Administrator, is known as the Australian Design Rules for Road Vehicles, and contains the full text of the vehicle standards.

  "UNECE" means United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

    B.                 Availability of Determinations
    B1. This Determination can be viewed at the following website:

     http://www.comlaw.gov.au/

C. Other Forms of Publication of the Vehicle Standards

    C1. For the convenience of users, the vehicle standards are also published by the Administrator.  The publication is commonly known as the ADR manual and is available on subscription in CD-ROM as set out in section E of these notes.

    C2. The titles of the components of the ADR manual, which constitute the vehicle standards, are as follows:
         * Definitions and Vehicle Categories
         * Current-issue ADRs
         * Prior-issue ADRs.

    C3. In addition,