Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 58/00 – Requirements for Omnibuses Designed for Hire and Reward) 2006 Amendment 1

I, CATHERINE KING, Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport, determine this vehicle standard under subsection 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.

Dated   21  MAY 2012

[Signed]

Catherine King

Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport

CONTENTS

1. legislative provisions...........................................3

2. amendment of vehicle standard...................................3

Schedule 1............................................................4

1.                                          legislative provisions

1.1.                                    Name of Legislative Instrument

1.1.1.                              This instrument is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 58/00 – Requirements for Omnibuses Designed for Hire and Reward) 2006 Amendment 1.

1.2.                                    Commencement

1.2.1.                              This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

2.                                          amendment of vehicle standard

2.1.                                    The changes specified in Schedule 1 amend Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 58/00 – Requirements for Omnibuses Designed for Hire and Reward) 2006.

Schedule 1

[1]               Insert new clause  “4. Alternative Standard

The technical requirements of United Nations - Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No. 52 - Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of M2 and M3 Small Capacity Vehicles with Regard to their General Construction incorporating 01 series of amendments shall be deemed to be equivalent to the technical requirements of this standard in the case of a ‘Small Omnibus’ having an occupant capacity of up to 15 persons, including the driver.”

[2]                                                                                   Clause 58.2  rename “REQUIREMENTS”

[3]                                                                                   Clause 58.2  remove text.

[4]                                                                                   Insert clause 58.2.1 to read “Where the term omnibus is used in the following clauses, the requirements are applicable to both ‘Small Omnibus’ and ‘Large Omnibus’.”

[5]                                                                                   Insert clause 58.2.2 to read ““Small Omnibus” – an omnibus having an occupant capacity of up to 25 persons, including the driver.”

[6]                                                                                   Insert clause 58.2.3 to read ““Large Omnibus” – an omnibus having an occupant capacity of over 25 persons, including the driver.”