Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 Amendment 6 (Cth)

Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule - Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 Amendment 6

I, CATHERINE KING, Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport, determine this vehicle standard under subsection 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.

Dated    20 / 5 /2012

[Signed]

Catherine King

Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport

CONTENTS

1. LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS........................................................................ 3

1. AMENDMENT OF VEHICLE STANDARD.................................................. 3

SCHEDULE 1.................................................................................................................. 4

1. LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

1.1.Name of Legislative Instrument

1.1.1.This instrument is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule - Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005 Amendment 6.

1.2.Commencement

1.2.1.This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

1. AMENDMENT OF VEHICLE STANDARD

2.1.The changes specified in Schedule 1 amend Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule - Definitions and Vehicle Categories) 2005.

SCHEDULE 1

1. Add the following, in alphabetical order, to 3.  DEFINITIONS

“PEDALEC - A vehicle meeting European Committee for Standardization                   EN 15194:2009 or EN 15194:2009+A1:2011 Cycles - Electrically power assisted cycles - EPAC Bicycles.”

1. Clause 4.2.2 amend to read

“POWER-ASSISTED PEDAL CYCLE (AB)

A pedal cycle to which is attached one or more auxiliary propulsion motors having a combined maximum power output not exceeding 200 watts; or

A ‘Pedalec’. ”