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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 83/00 – External Noise) 2005
              Made under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989

              Compilation: 4 (up to and including Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 83/00 - External Noise) Amendment Instrument 2021 (No.1))

              Compilation Date: 8 June 2021

              Compiled by: Vehicle Safety Policy and Partnerships, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

CONTENTS

0.1 NAME OF STANDARD..........................................3
1. SCOPE........................................................3
2. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION........................3
3. DEFINITIONS..................................................4
4. REQUIREMENTS...............................................5
5. EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES.................5
6. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS....................................9
APPENDIX A........................................................10
APPENDIX B.........................................................52
APPENDIX C.........................................................84
NOTES .............................................................115

         0.1                                       NAME OF STANDARD
         0.1.1 This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 83/00 – External Noise) 2005.

         0.1.2 This Standard may also be cited as ADR 83/00.

          1. SCOPE

              1.                                     This vehicle standard defines limits on external noise generated by road motor vehicles in order to limit the contribution of motor traffic to community noise.
          2. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION

              1.                                     This vehicle standard applies to road vehicles of the vehicle categories and from the dates specified in the applicability table in subsection 2.2.

         2.2.                                    Applicability table

Vehicle Category                                                            ADR Category Code  Special Sub Category            Date of Manufacture on or After
Moped 2 wheels,                                                             LA                 New Models                      1 January 2005
Moped 3 Wheels                                                              LB
Motor Cycle                                                                 LC
Motor Cycle and Side Car                                                    LD
Motor Tricycle                                                              LE
All Vehicles                                                                1 January 2006
Passenger car                                                               MA                 New Models with Petrol Engines  1 January 2005
Forward-control passenger vehicle
Off-road passenger vehicle                                                  MB
Light omnibus                                                               MC
Heavy omnibus                                                               MD
Light goods vehicle                                                         ME
Medium goods vehicle                                                        NA
Heavy goods vehicle                                                         NB
                                                                            NC
All Vehicles with Petrol Engine                                             1 January 2006
New Models with LPG or NG engines and the GVM does not exceed 3.5 tonnes    1 January 2005
All Vehicles with LPG or NG engines and the GVM does not exceed 3.5 tonnes  1 January 2007
New Models with Diesel engines and the GVM does not exceed 3.5 tonnes       1 January 2006
All Vehicles with Diesel engines and the GVM does not exceed 3.5 tonnes     1 January 2007
New Models with Diesel, LPG or NG engines and the GVM exceeds 3.5 tonnes    1 January 2007
All Vehicles with Diesel, LPG or NG engines and the GVM exceeds 3.5 tonnes  29 February 2008
All other vehicles                                                          1 January 2014
Very Light Trailer                                                          TA
Light Trailer                                                               TB                                                 Not Applicable
Medium Trailer                                                              TC
Heavy Trailer                                                               TD

         3.                                          DEFINITIONS
Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in Section 5 of the Act, including the following:
(a) Road Motor Vehicle;

         3.1.                                    In this instrument:
Act means the The Motor vehicle Standards Act 1989.
         Vehicle Category means a category of vehicle defined in paragraph 4 of the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule –