Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112:reg:144
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 144
Character Range: 198471–200129

144  Simplified outline of this Part

      This Part provides for the grant of approvals to permit road vehicles to be imported to Australia.
      Division 2 sets out the circumstances in which a concessional RAV entry approval is taken to be an import approval for the purposes of the Act. Division 2A provides temporarily for the grant of certain import approvals during the transitional period following the repeal of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.
      Division 3 provides for the grant of non‑RAV entry import approvals for road vehicles that are not, generally, to be used on a public road.
      Division 4 empowers the Secretary to grant reimportation import approvals in respect of vehicles that have been entered on the RAV or fitted with an identification plate or used import plate under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989. Such a vehicle will be eligible for reimportation if, among other things, it remains consistent with the information in its RAV entry or displayed on its identification plate or used import plate.
      Most types of import approvals are automatically subject to conditions permitting the Minister or an inspector to inspect the relevant vehicles and seek certain information, in addition to any further conditions specified in the approval in a particular case.
      Division 5 provides for the allocation of vehicle identification numbers for certain vehicles that do not already have them. It also permits the importation of vehicles imported in accordance with the requirements of certain intergovernmental agreements, or reimported after use by the Australian Defence Force in its overseas activities.