Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations

VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 3

These regulations –

(a) prescribe vehicle standards for Tasmania; and

(b) are referred to, collectively, within these regulations as the Vehicle Standards; and

(c) may, despite regulation 1(1), be referred to for any other purpose as the Vehicle Standards in addition to, or instead of, the name provided for under that regulation.

Note The Vehicle Standards set standards that vehicles must comply with to be driven on public streets.

The Australian Design Rules (ADRs) - see Division 1 of Part 3 - are rules for designing and building vehicles. Imported vehicles must also comply with the ADRs.

The Vehicle Standards require a vehicle that is subject to an ADR when built or imported to continue to comply with the ADR.

The Vehicle Standards also apply certain other standards (adopted standards) that are intended to complement the ADRs.

The ADRs do not cover:

vehicles built before 1969

combinations of vehicles of any age

every safety feature for vehicles built between 1969 and 1988.

Those matters are covered by the Vehicle Standards and dimension limits for vehicles are set out in the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2001.

In most cases, if a vehicle complies with the Vehicle Standards and the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2001 it is suitable for use on public streets.