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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 81/02 — Fuel Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles) 2008
made under  Section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

              Compilation: 7 (up to and including Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule) Amendment Instrument 2021 (No.2))

              Compilation Date: 30/11/2021
Volume 1   contains Clauses 0.1–6 and Notes
Volume 2   contains Appendix A
Volume 3   contains Appendix B
Volume 4   contains Appendix C

              Compiled by: Vehicle Safety Policy and Partnerships, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Contents
0.1 NAME OF STANDARD
1. SCOPE
2. applicability and implementation
3. definitions
4. requirements
5. exemptions and alternative procedures
6. alternative standards
NOTES

         0.1                                      NAME OF STANDARD

         0.1.1                                This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 81/02 – Fuel Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles) 2008.

         0.1.2                                This Standard may also be cited as ADR 81/02.

          1. SCOPE

              1.                                    This vehicle standard prescribes the requirements for the measurement of vehicle fuel consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, energy consumption and range, and the design and application of fuel consumption labels and energy consumption labels to vehicles.

          2. applicability and implementation

              1.                                    This vehicle standard is applicable to all M and N category vehicles with a gross vehicle mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes, as provided in clause 2.2.

              2.                                    Except as specified in clause 2.3, This vehicle standard applies:

                  1.                              from 1 October 2008 in relation to new model vehicles produced on or after 1 October 2008;

                  2.                              from 1 April 2009 in relation to vehicles produced on or after 1 April 2009, other than new model vehicles referred to in clause 2.2.1.

              3.                                    This vehicle standard applies from 1 March 2011 in relation to pure electric vehicles and externally chargeable hybrid electric vehicles produced on or after 1 March 2011.

              4.                                    For the purposes of clause 2.2.1, a new model vehicle is a vehicle of a model first produced with a date of manufacture on or after 1 October 2008.

              5.                                    To the extent of any inconsistency, the applicability dates specified in clause 2.2. apply in lieu of any dates specified in Appendix B or Appendix C.

          3. definitions

              1.                                     For the purposes of clause 2.4, 'date of manufacture' means, for a road vehicle entered onto the Register of Approved Vehicles under the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018, the date of that entry. Otherwise, the date the vehicle is available in Australia in a condition that will enable an 'Identification Plate' to be lawfully affixed to the vehicle.

          4. requirements

              1.                                    Every vehicle shall have applied to its windscreen a fuel consumption label or energy consumption label meeting the specifications of the appropriate label illustrated in Appendix A.

              2.                                    The fuel consumption label or energy consumption label shall be placed in