Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Variation Rules 2012 (SA)

South Australia

Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Variation Rules 2012

under the Road Traffic Act 1961

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999

4            Variation of rule 36—Rear vision mirrors—surfaces

5            Variation of rule 41—Electrical wiring, components, connections and installations

6            Variation of rule 125—Parts of a braking system

7           Variation of rule 158—Drawbar couplings

8            Variation of Dictionary

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Variation Rules 2012.

2—Commencement

These rules come into operation on the day on which they are made.

3—Variation provisions

In these rules, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified rules varies the rules so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules 1999

4—Variation of rule 36—Rear vision mirrors—surfaces

Rule 36(2)—delete subrule (2)

5—Variation of rule 41—Electrical wiring, components, connections and installations

Rule 41(2)—delete subrule (2) and substitute:

(2)The electrical connectors between motor vehicles and trailers, for the operation of the vehicle lights required by the Vehicle Standards, must comply with at least one of the following standards:

•Australian Standard AS 2513‑1982 Electrical Connectors for Trailer Vehicles

•International Standards Organisation ISO 1185‑1997

•Society of Automotive Engineers SAE J 560‑1998

•Australian Standard AS 4735‑2003 Heavy road vehicles—Electrical connectors for articulated vehicles.

6—Variation of rule 125—Parts of a braking system

Rule 125(2)—delete subrule (2) and substitute:

(2)Each component of the braking system of a vehicle with a GVM over 4.5 tonnes must comply with the design and performance requirements of:

(a)a relevant standard approved by one of the following bodies made before 1 December 1999:

•Standards Australia

•British Standards Institution

•American Society of Automotive Engineers

•American National Standards Institute

•Japanese Standards Association

•Deutsches Institut für Normung

•International Organisation for Standardisation

•European Committee for Standardization (CEN); or

(b)a relevant standard approved by one of the bodies listed in paragraph (a) made on or after 1 December 1999.

Notes—

1A standard approved by a standards body is sometimes identified by a different name or acronym to the approving body. For example, the standards approved by the European Committee for Standardization are identified by the acronym EN.

2Rule 26 provides that a vehicle need not comply with an adopted standard if that standard is replaced by a later version of the standard and the vehicle complies with that later version.

(3)Despite anything to the contrary in rule 25—

(a)a reference to a standard in subrule (2) (a) is a reference to the standard as in force immediately before 1 December 1999; and

(b)a reference to a standard in subrule (2) (b) is a reference to the standard as in force when it was made.

7—Variation of rule 158—Drawbar couplings

Rule 158—after subrule (4) insert:

(5)For the purposes of subrules (3) and (4), a connection between a trailer and a towing vehicle includes anything which connects the trailer and the towing vehicle.

Examples of what is included in a connection—

1Chains.

2Cables.

3A thing fixed to a trailer or a towing vehicle to which a chain is attached.

4Shackles.

8—Variation of Dictionary

1. Dictionary, definition of AS or Australian Standard or AS/NZS or Australian/New Zealand Standard—delete the definition and substitute:

   AS or Australian Standard or AS/NZS or Australian/New Zealand Standard means a standard approved for publication by Standards Australia.

2. Dictionary, definition of Standards Australia—delete the definition and substitute:

   Standards Australia means Standards Australia Limited, or any body to which Standards Australia Limited is a successor in law or that is a successor in law to Standards Australia Limited.

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these rules come into operation as set out in these rules.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 13 December 2012

No 251 of 2012

MTR/12/058