South Australian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) RULES 1999 - REG 23

23—Partial exception to compliance with ADRs—personally imported vehicles

        (1)         In this rule:

"personally imported vehicle" means a vehicle built after 1968 that is imported into Australia under regulation 13 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Regulations 1989 of the Commonwealth by a person who owned and used the vehicle for a continuous period of at least:

            (a)         for a vehicle owned by the applicant before 9 May 2000—3 months; or

            (b)         in any other case—12 months,

before it was imported into Australia.

        (2)         A personally imported vehicle must be fitted with:

            (a)         seat belts that are as effective as seat belts that meet an Australian Standard or British Standard for seat belts as in force when this rule commenced; and

            (b)         seat belt anchorages that meet the number and location requirements of second or third edition ADR 5; and

            (c)         child restraint anchorages that meet the number, location, accessibility, thread size and form requirements of second edition ADR 34 or third edition ADR 5 or 34; and

            (d)         head restraints that meet the number, location and size requirements of second or third edition ADR 22.

        (3)         However, a personally imported vehicle need only meet the requirements of an ADR mentioned in subrule (2) if the ADR recommends that it should apply, or applies, to a vehicle of the same type.

        (4)         A personally imported vehicle need not otherwise comply with an ADR applied by rule 19 (1) or 20 (1).