1Short titleThis Regulation may be cited as the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Amendment Regulation 2023.2CommencementThis Regulation commences on 31 March 2023.3Regulation amendedThis Regulation amends the Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation.4Amendment of Sch 1 (Vehicle standards relating to ADRs applying to single heavy vehicles)(1)Schedule 1, section 4A(a)—omit, insert—

(a)the vehicle satisfied the requirements of the type approval pathway under section 15(1) of the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 (Cwlth) as a vehicle to which section 15(2) of those Rules applied; and

(2)Schedule 1, section 5(4), definition personally imported vehicle, paragraph (c)(ii)—insert—Note—The Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 provides for concessional RAV entry approvals for vehicles imported into Australia as part of a person’s personal effects. See Division 3 of Part 3 of the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 (Cwlth) for provisions relating to the concessional RAV entry approval pathway generally, and section 39 of those Rules for the eligibility criterion for importing a vehicle as part of a person’s personal effects.5Amendment of Sch 2 (Other vehicle standards applying to single heavy vehicles)(1)Schedule 2, section 3(c)(iii)—omit, insert—

(iii)the vehicle satisfied the requirements of the type approval pathway under section 15(1) of the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 (Cwlth) as a vehicle to which section 15(2) of those Rules applied and the vehicle is entered on the RAV; and

(2)Schedule 2, section 77(1)—omit, insert—(1)A warning light attached to the bus, when switched on, must emit a flashing yellow light.(3)Schedule 2, section 77(2), after ‘alternately’—insert—between 90 and 180 times per minute(4)Schedule 2, section 77, after subsection (2)—insert—(2A)A bus manufactured before, or within 12 months after, the commencement of this subsection that complies with subsections (1) and (2) as in force before the commencement is taken to comply with subsections (1) and (2) as in force on the commencement.6Amendment of Sch 3 (Vehicle standards applying only to heavy combinations or particular heavy combinations)Schedule 3, section 3(c)(iii)—omit, insert—

(iii)the vehicle satisfied the requirements of the type approval pathway under section 15(1) of the Road Vehicle Standards Rules 2019 (Cwlth) as a vehicle to which section 15(2) of those Rules applied and the vehicle is entered on the RAV; and