Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE STANDARDS ACT 1989 No. 65, 1989 - SECT 19

19. (1) A person may import a nonstandard road vehicle or a nonstandard
prescribed vehicle component:

   (a)  with the written approval of the Minister; and

   (b)  on written conditions determined by the Minister, being conditions
        that the Minister considers will ensure that the vehicle or component
        will cease to be nonstandard before the vehicle, or a vehicle with the
        component, is supplied to the market or used in transport in
        Australia.

(2) A person may import a road vehicle that does not have a compliance plate:

   (a)  with the written approval of the Minister; and

   (b)  on written conditions determined by the Minister, being conditions
        that the Minister considers will ensure that the vehicle has a
        compliance plate before the vehicle is supplied to the market or used
        in transport in Australia.

(3) A person must not knowingly or recklessly contravene a condition referred
to in paragraph (1) (b) or (2) (b).
Penalty: $6,000.