Motor Vehicle Standards (Road Vehicles) Determination 2003 (Cth)

Motor Vehicle Standards (Road Vehicles) Determination 2003

I, RONALD BOSWELL, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services, make this Determination under section 5B of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.

Dated 11 August 2003

RONALD BOSWELL

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Motor Vehicle Standards (Road Vehicles) Determination 2003.

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

1. Interpretation

In this Determination:

wheelchair means a chair mounted on 3 or more wheels that is built to transport a person who is unable to walk or who has difficulty in walking, but does not include a pram, stroller or trolley.

1. Vehicles that are not road vehicles

(1)   Vehicles of the class of motorised wheelchairs described in subsection (2) are not road vehicles for the purposes of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.

(2)   The class of motorised wheelchairs comprises wheelchairs each of which:

(a)    is self-propelled; and

(b)    accommodates only 1 person; and

(c)    is designed so as not to be capable of more than 10 km/h on level ground; and

(d)    has an unladen mass of 40kg or more.