Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule) Amendment Instrument No. 2 of 2024

I, CAROL BROWN, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, make the following determination.

Dated 15 March 2024

[SIGNED]

Carol Brown

Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

CONTENTS

1. Name.........................................................3

2. Commencement.................................................3

3. Authority......................................................3

4. ScheduleS......................................................3

Schedule 1 – AMENDMENTS............................................4

1.                                          Name

1.1.                                    This instrument is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule) Amendment Instrument No. 2 of 2024.

2.                                          Commencement

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

3.                                          Authority

3.1.                                    This instrument is made under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.

4.                                          ScheduleS

4.1.                                    Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1 – AMENDMENTS

Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 99/00 – Lane Departure Warning Systems) 2023

[1]               Clause 3.1, omit “3.1.1 to 3.1.3”, substitute “3.1.1 to 3.1.2”.

[2]               Clause 3.1, omit “3.5”, substitute “3.4”.

[3]               Clause 3.1.2, omit “1 July 2025 for all new model”, substitute “1 September 2027 for all”.

[4]               Clause 3.1.3, repeal.

[5]               Clause 3.3, repeal.

[6]               Clause 3.4, renumber as clause 3.3.

[7]               Clause 3.5, renumber as clause 3.4.

[8]               Clause 3.4 (new), cell at table row dealing with “Light omnibus up to 3.5 tonnes ‘GVM’ and up to 12 seats” and column headed “Manufactured on or After”, omit “1 July 2025**”, substitute “1 September 2027**”.

[9]               Clause 3.4 (new), cell at table row dealing with “Light omnibus up to 3.5 tonnes ‘GVM’ and more than 12 seats” and column headed “Manufactured on or After”, omit “1 July 2025**”, substitute “1 September 2027**”.

[10]           Clause 3.4 (new), cell at table row dealing with “Light omnibus over 3.5 tonnes and up to 4.5 tonnes ‘GVM’” and column headed “Manufactured on or After”, omit “1 July 2025**”, substitute “1 September 2027**”.

[11]           Clause 3.4 (new), cell at table row dealing with “Light omnibus over 4.5 tonnes and up to 5 tonnes ‘GVM’” and column headed “Manufactured on or After”, omit “1 July 2025**”, substitute “1 September 2027**”.

[12]           Clause 3.4 (new), cell at table row dealing with “Heavy omnibus” and column headed “Manufactured on or After”, omit “1 July 2025**”, substitute
“1 September 2027**”.

[13]           Clause 3.4 (new), cell at table row dealing with “Medium goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes up to 4.5 tonnes ‘GVM’” and column headed “Manufactured on or After”, omit “1 July 2025**”, substitute “1 September 2027**”.

[14]           Clause 3.4 (new), cell at table row dealing with “Medium goods vehicle over 4.5 tonnes up to 12 tonnes ‘GVM’” and column headed “Manufactured on or After”, omit “3.4”, substitute “3.3”.

[15]           Clause 3.4 (new), cell at table row dealing with “Heavy goods vehicle” and column headed “Manufactured on or After”, omit “3.4”, substitute “3.3”.

[16]           Clause 3.4 (new), after the table

Omit:

“** See clauses 3.1 to 3.4.”

Substitute:

“** Except as per clauses 3.2 to 3.3.”