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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 6/00 – Direction Indicators) 2005
              Made under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

              Compilation: 3 (up to and including Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule) Lighting Standards Amendment Instrument 2022 (No.1))

              Compilation Date: 20 January 2023

              Compiled by: Vehicle Safety Policy and Partnerships, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

CONTENTS

0.1. NAME OF STANDARD
1. SCOPE
2. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION
3. DEFINITIONS
4. REQUIREMENTS
5. EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES
6. SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
7. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS
8. NOTES
APPENDIX A
Compilation NOTES

         0.1. NAME OF STANDARD
         0.1.1. This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 6/00 – Direction Indicators) 2005.

         0.1.2. This Standard may also be cited as Australian Design Rule 6/00 — Direction Indicators.

          1. SCOPE
         This Australian Design Rule (ADR) prescribes the requirements for a device mounted on a motor vehicle or trailer which when operated by the driver signals the latter's intention to change the direction in which the vehicle is proceeding.
2.                                          APPLICABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION
2.1.                                    The circumstances under which direction indicators are mandatory, optional, or prohibited are set out in either ADRs 13/..., 19/… or 67/….
3.                                          DEFINITIONS
3.1.                                    Refer to paragraph 1 of Appendix A.
4.                                          REQUIREMENTS
4.1.                                    Direction indicators fitted to vehicles in accordance with ADRs 13/…, 19/… or 67/… and required to comply with ADR 6/00 must comply with either:
           a)      The technical requirements of Appendix A as varied by part 5. Exemptions and Alternative Procedures and part 6. Supplementary General Requirements; or
           b)     One of the alternative standards listed in part 7. Alternative Standards.
5.                                          EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES
5.1.                                    The following provisions of Appendix A do not apply to this rule:
5.1.1.                              Section 2 Application for approval
                  Section 3 Markings
                  Section 4 Approval
                  Section 9 Modifications of a type of direction indicator for motor vehicles and their trailers and extension of approval
                  Section 10 Conformity of production – partial (for particular deletions to the section refer to paragraphs 5.1.2 and 5.1.3)
                  Section 11 Penalties for non-conformity of production
                  Section 12 Production definitely discontinued
                  Section 13 Names and addresses of technical services responsible for conducting approval tests and of administrative departments
                  Section 14 Transitional provisions
                  Annex 2 Communication concerning the approval or extension or refusal or withdrawal of approval or production definitely discontinued of a type of direction indicator pursuant to Regulation No.6
                  Annex 3 Examples of arrangements of approval marks
5.1.2.                              The opening paragraph in Section 10, paragraph 10.4 and
5.1.3.                              Paragraphs 2.3 and 3.3 in Annex 7
6.                                          SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
         The following general requirements are supplementary to the requirements of Appendix A:
6.1.                                    The requirements and procedures set out in Annexes 6 and 7 of Appendix