Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 1999 - SECT 215F

Offences and exemptions

215F. Offences and exemptions



(1) A person must not affix a label or plate to a motor vehicle, or to a motor
vehicle which belongs to a model of motor vehicle, claiming that it has been
fitted with a compliant system of electronic stability control, if approval to
affix the label or plate has not been given under regulation 215C(4) or
regulation 215D(3).

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2) A person must not affix a label or plate to a motor vehicle, or to a motor
vehicle which belongs to a model of motor vehicle, certified by the
Corporation under regulation 215A that does not meet the requirements of
regulation 215E.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3) A person must not affix a label to a motor vehicle claiming that it is of
a model of motor vehicle that has been exempted under this regulation from the
requirement to be fitted with a compliant system of electronic stability
control, if the model of motor vehicle has not been so exempted.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(4) A person must not affix a label to a motor vehicle to which an exemption
under this regulation applies if the label does not meet the requirements of
subregulation (7).

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(5) The Corporation may, by notice published in the Government Gazette,
declare that a model of motor vehicle is exempt from the requirements of
clause 175(1) of Schedule 8 until 1 November 2011.



(6) The Corporation must not make a declaration under subregulation (5) in
respect of a model of motor vehicle unless it is satisfied that-

   (a)  failure to exempt the model of motor vehicle will have a serious
        adverse impact on the motor vehicle industry in Victoria or on a
        significant part of that industry; and

   (b)  the manufacturer of the model of motor vehicle will ensure that the
        model of motor vehicle that is exempted will comply with the
        requirements of clause 175(1) of Schedule 8 by 1 November 2011; and

   (c)  the manufacturer of the model of motor vehicle will comply with
        subregulation (7).

(7) The manufacturer of a model of motor vehicle, that is exempted from the
requirements of clause 175(1) of Schedule 8 by declaration under subregulation
(5), must affix or caused to be affixed to each motor vehicle to which the
exemption applies a label that-

   (a)  states that the motor vehicle is of a model that has been exempted
        from the requirement to be fitted with a compliant system of
        electronic stability control under these Regulations; and

   (b)  is displayed on the motor vehicle in a position that permits it to be
        readily examined when the motor vehicle is being made available for
        sale or is being sold.

(8) In this regulation a reference to motor vehicle industry includes, but is
not limited to, a reference to manufacturers of motor vehicles and dealers in
motor vehicles.



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