Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112:reg:26:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 26 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 59268–61880

26  Condition about compliance with national road vehicle standards
 (1) Except where subsection (3) applies, it is a condition of a road vehicle type approval that the holder of the approval, at all times:
 (a) ensure that vehicles covered by the approval, at the time they are entered on the RAV, comply with the applicable national road vehicle standards as in force at that time; and
 (b) is able to produce evidence that:
 (i) demonstrates that vehicles covered by the approval comply with those standards at the time they are entered on the RAV; and
 (ii) the Secretary could take into account for the purposes of subsection 19(2).
 (2) Subsection (3) applies where the approval specifies that vehicles covered by the approval 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 under the approval.
Note: The road vehicle type approval must, under paragraph 23(2)(e), specify the respects in which, or the extent to which, vehicles of that type are not required to comply with the applicable national road vehicle standards in order to be entered on the RAV under the approval.
 (3) It is a condition of a road vehicle type approval that the holder of the approval, at all times:
 (a) ensure that vehicles covered by the approval, at the time they are entered on the RAV, comply with the applicable national road vehicle standards as in force at that time, except in the respects, or to the extent, mentioned in subsection (2); and
 (b) is able to produce evidence that:
 (i) demonstrates that vehicles covered by the approval comply with those standards to the extent mentioned in paragraph (a); and
 (ii) the Secretary could take into account for the purposes of subsection 19(2).
 (4) It is a condition of a road vehicle type approval that the holder of the approval must not give instructions, for the purposes of paragraph 51(e), that would result in a vehicle covered by the approval ceasing to comply with the applicable national road vehicle standards as in force at the time the Secretary granted the approval, except in the respects or to the extent (if any) that vehicles of that type are not required to comply with those standards in order to be entered on the RAV under the approval.
Note: The notice for the grant of the approval will specify the respects in which, or the extent to which, vehicles of the relevant type are not required to comply with the applicable national road vehicle standards in order to be entered on the RAV (see paragraph 23(2)(e)). This is relevant to a type