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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 61/03 – Vehicle Marking) 2020

I, MICHAEL McCORMACK, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, determine this national road vehicle standard under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.

Dated  22 September 2020

[Signed]

Michael McCormack

Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development

CONTENTS

1. legislative provisions.............................................3
2. function.......................................................3
3. APPLICABILITY...............................................3
4. DEFINITIONS..................................................5
5. Vehicle IDENTIFICATION NUMBER..............................5
6. secure vehicle identification marking................................5
7. VEHICLE PLATE...............................................7
8. ENGINE NUMBER.............................................9
9. REGISTRATION PLATES.......................................10
10. VISIBILITY OF TRAY..........................................10

          1. legislative provisions
              1.                                  Name of Standard
                  1.                            This standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 61/03 – Vehicle Marking) 2020.
                  2.                            This standard may also be cited as the Australian Design Rule 61/03 – Vehicle Marking, the Australian Design Rule 61/03, or ADR 61/03.
              2.                                  Commencement
                  1.                            This standard commences at the same time as section 15 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.

          2. function
              1.                                  The function of this vehicle standard is to specify requirements for vehicle marking.

          3. APPLICABILITY
              1.                                  This vehicle standard applies to all categories of vehicles from the commencement of section 15 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.

3.2.                                    Applicability Table
Vehicle Category                   ADR Category Code                              UN Category Code*  Manufactured on or After  Acceptable Prior Rules
Moped 2 wheels                     LA                                             L1                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Moped 3 wheels                     LB                                             L2                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Motor cycle                        LC                                             L3                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Motor cycle and sidecar            LD                                             L4                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Motor tricycle                     LE                                             L5
                                      LEM                                                            See clause 3.1            Nil
                                      LEP                                                            See clause 3.1            Nil
                                      LEG                                                            See clause 3.1            Nil
Passenger car                      MA                                             M1                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Forward-control passenger vehicle  MB                                             M1                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Off-road passenger vehicle         MC                                             M1                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Light omnibus                      MD                                             M2
                                   up to 3.5 tonnes 'GVM' and up to 12 seats         MD1                                       See clause 3.1          Nil
                                   up to 3.5 tonnes 'GVM' and more than 12 seats     MD2                                       See clause 3.1          Nil
                                   over 3.5 tonnes and up to 4.5 tonnes 'GVM'        MD3                                       See clause 3.1          Nil
                                   over 4.5 tonnes and up to 5 tonnes 'GVM'          MD4                                       See clause 3.1          Nil
Heavy omnibus                      ME                                             M3                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Light goods vehicle                NA                                             N1                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Medium goods vehicle               NB                                             N2
                                   over 3.5 tonnes up to 4.5 tonnes 'GVM'            NB1                                       See clause 3.1          Nil
                                   over 4.5 tonnes up to 12 tonnes 'GVM'             NB2                                       See clause 3.1          Nil
Heavy goods vehicle                NC                                             N3                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Very light trailer                 TA                                             O1                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Light trailer                      TB                                             O2                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Medium trailer                     TC                                             O3                 See clause 3.1            Nil
Heavy trailer                      TD                                             O4                 See clause 3.1            Nil

* The category