Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) RULES 2002 - REG 17

17 .         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 by a person who —

            (a)         owned and used the vehicle for a continuous period of at least 12 months before it was imported into Australia;

            (b)         when the vehicle was imported into Australia, was —

                  (i)         an Australian citizen or permanent resident or a person who had applied to become an Australian citizen or permanent resident; and

                  (ii)         old enough to hold a licence or permit to drive the vehicle;

                and

            (c)         within the previous year, had not imported into Australia another vehicle owned by the person.

        (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;

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

            (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 applies or should apply to a vehicle of the same type.

        (4)         A personally imported vehicle need not otherwise comply with an ADR applied by rule 13(1) or  14(1).

        [Rule 17 amended in Gazette 27 Jul 2004 p. 3083.]