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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 23/03 – Passenger Car Tyres) 2018

I, ANDREW BROAD, Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, determine this vehicle standard under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.

Dated  25 October 2018

[SIGNED]

Andrew Broad

Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister

CONTENTS

1. Legislative provisions..........................................3

2. FUNCTION..................................................3

3. APPLICABILITY.............................................3

4. DEFINITIONS...............................................3

5. requirements.................................................3

6. exemptions AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES..................4

7. alternative standardS...........................................5

APPENDIX A.........................................................6

          1. Legislative provisions

              1.                                  Name of Standard
                  1.                            This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 23/03 – Passenger Car Tyres) 2018.
                  2.                            This Standard may also be cited as Australian Design Rule 23/03 – Passenger Car Tyres.

              2.                                  Commencement
                  1.                            This Standard commences on the day after it is registered.

          2. FUNCTION

              1.                                  The function of this vehicle standard is to specify requirements for new pneumatic tyres designed primarily for passenger cars and other light vehicles (including light trailers).

          3. APPLICABILITY

              1.                                  The circumstances under which vehicles must comply with this standard are set out in the Australian Design Rule 95/… – Installation of Tyres.

              2.                                  This standard does not apply to new light truck or new truck/bus tyres (otherwise known as commercial vehicle tyres, or Class C2 or C3 tyres; and designed primarily for vehicles of UN categories M2, N2 , N3, O3 and O4).

              3.                                  This standard does not apply to re-treaded tyres fitted to trailers.

              4.                                  This standard does not apply to any temporary-use spare unit(s) supplied with a vehicle.

          4. DEFINITIONS

              1.                                  For vehicle categories, definitions and meanings used in this standard, refer to:
                  1.                            Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005; and
                  2.                            Definitions in Appendix A of this standard or the alternative standards at clause 7.

          5. requirements

              1.                                  For vehicles fitted with passenger car tyres (otherwise known as Class C1 tyres; and designed primarily for vehicles of UN categories M1, N1, O1 and O2), the tyres fitted must comply with the requirements of:
(a)          Appendix A, except as varied by Section 6 Exemptions and Alternative Procedures; or

(b)          the alternative standard at clause 7.

6.                                          exemptions AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES

6.1.                                    Subject to clause 6.2 below, compliance with the following parts, sections and annexes of Appendix A is not required for the purposes of this standard:

                  Section 3 Markings
                  Section 4 Application for approval
                  Section 5 Approval
                  Section 7 Modifications of the type of tyre and extension of approval
                  Section 8 Conformity of production
                  Section 9 Penalties for non-conformity of production
                  Section 10 Production definitively discontinued
                  Section 11 Transitional provisions
                  Section 12 Names and addresses of Technical Services responsible for conducting approval tests, and of Administrative Departments

                  Annexes

                  Annex 1 Communication
                  Annex 2 Example of the arrangement of