Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112:reg:15:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 44171–46821

15  Type approval pathway
 (1) A vehicle of a particular type satisfies the requirements of the type approval pathway if, immediately before the vehicle is entered on the RAV:
 (a) a road vehicle type approval that is in force applies to that type of vehicle; and
 (b) the design and componentry of the vehicle is in accordance with the design and componentry for that type of vehicle set out in any version of the supporting information for the approval that:
 (i) exists immediately before the vehicle is entered on the RAV; and
 (ii) documents test results demonstrating the extent of the vehicle's compliance with the applicable national road vehicle standards; and
 (c) the vehicle was manufactured in accordance with the manufacturing process for that type of vehicle set out in any version of the supporting information for the approval that:
 (i) exists immediately before the vehicle is entered on the RAV; and
 (ii) documents test results demonstrating the extent of the vehicle's compliance with the applicable national road vehicle standards; and
 (d) either:
 (i) the vehicle complies with the applicable national road vehicle standards, as in force at the time the vehicle is entered on the RAV; or
 (ii) subsection (2) applies to the vehicle; and
 (e) the vehicle is a new vehicle; and
 (f) either:
 (i) the vehicle is in Australia; or
 (ii) the approval allows the entry of the vehicle on the RAV when the vehicle is outside Australia.
Note 1: A road vehicle type approval may specify that, in certain circumstances, a vehicle of a type covered by the approval may be entered on the RAV when the vehicle is outside Australia (see subsection 23(3)).
Note 2: Where a vehicle satisfies the requirements of the type approval pathway, the Secretary, the holder of a road vehicle type approval that applies to the vehicle, or a person authorised in writing by the holder of the approval, may enter the vehicle on the RAV (see section 9).
Note 3: Subsection 6(1) of the Act partly defines the term 'road vehicle'. Under subsection 6(2), however, a vehicle that is not captured by subsection 6(1) will nonetheless become a 'road vehicle' when it is entered on the RAV by a person authorised to do so under a road vehicle type approval.
 (2) This subsection applies to a vehicle if:
 (a) the road vehicle type approval specifies that vehicles of that type are not required to comply with the applicable national road vehicle standards in certain respects, or to a certain extent, in order to be entered on the RAV; and
 (b) the vehicle complies with the applicable national road vehicle standards as in force at the time the vehicle is entered