Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule - Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 Amendment 6

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

Dated   20 / 5 /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.                                  Name of Legislative Instrument
      1.                            This instrument is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule - Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 Amendment 6.
   2.                                  Commencement
      1.                            This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
2. amendment of vehicle standard
   1.                                  The changes specified in Schedule 1 amend Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule - Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005.

Schedule 1

[1]               Add the following, in alphabetical order, to 3.  DEFINITIONS

 “PEDALEC - A vehicle meeting European Committee for Standardization                   EN 15194:2009 or EN 15194:2009+A1:2011 Cycles - Electrically power assisted cycles - EPAC Bicycles.”

[2]               Clause 4.2.2 amend to read

“POWER-ASSISTED PEDAL CYCLE (AB)

A pedal cycle to which is attached one or more auxiliary propulsion motors having a combined maximum power output not exceeding 200 watts; or

A ‘Pedalec’. ”