Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407:clause:1_23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 23
Character Range: 63334–64757

23  Partial exception to compliance with ADRs—personally imported vehicles
 (1) For this rule, a personally imported vehicle is a vehicle built after 1968 that is imported into Australia under regulation 13 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Regulations 1989 by a person who owned and used the vehicle for a continuous period of at least:
 (a) for a vehicle owned by the applicant before 9 May 2000—3 months; or
 (b) in any other case—12 months;
before it was imported into Australia.
 (2) A personally imported vehicle must be fitted with:
 (a) seat belts that are as effective as seat belts that meet an Australian Standard or British Standard for seat belts as in force when this rule commenced; and
 (b) seat belt anchorages that meet the number and location requirements of second or third edition ADR 5; and
 (c) child restraint anchorages that meet the number, location, accessibility, thread size and form requirements of second edition ADR 34 or third edition ADR 5 or 34; and
 (d) head restraints that meet the number, location and size requirements of second or third edition ADR 22.
 (3) However, a personally imported vehicle need only meet the requirements of an ADR mentioned in subrule (2) if the ADR recommends that it should apply, or applies, to a vehicle of the same type.
 (4) A personally imported vehicle need not otherwise comply with an ADR applied by rule 19(1) or 20(1).

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