Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999

The regulations may make provision in relation to vehicle standards, inspection or testing of registrable vehicles and the production of registrable vehicles for inspection and testing.

Without limiting the scope of regulations under subsection (1), the regulations may—

impose requirements about the supply by a buyer of a registrable vehicle of information or documents about the vehicle’s compliance with vehicle standards; and

make provision in relation to the identification of any part (including an engine or engine block) of a registrable vehicle and the use of the identification; and

authorise the road transport authority to exempt a vehicle from a vehicle standard prescribed under the regulations.

Without limiting the scope of regulations under subsection (1), the regulations may make provision in relation to—

the authorisation of people (authorised examiners) to inspect and test registrable vehicles; and

the approval of premises (approved premises) for inspecting and testing registrable vehicles; and

the duties of authorised examiners; and

the duties of people in relation to approved premises; and

the issue of certificates about—

the inspection and testing of registrable vehicles; and

the authorisation of people as authorised examiners, including whether a stated person was an authorised examiner on a stated date or during a stated period; and

the approval of premises as approved premises, including whether stated premises were approved premises on a stated date or during a stated period; and

the evidentiary effect of a certificate mentioned in paragraph (e); and

the review of decisions of authorised examiners; and

the functions and powers of authorised people in relation to authorised examiners and approved premises; and

the charging of fees for the inspection or testing of registrable vehicles, including the fixing by the Minister of the maximum fees payable for the inspection or testing of registrable vehicles.

Without limiting the scope of regulations under subsection (1), the regulations may, for the purposes of the inspection of any registrable vehicle, also—

make provision in relation to authorising the entry in or on any registrable vehicle (whether or not on a road or road related area); and

make provision in relation to authorising entry into or on any premises ordinarily used for the sale of registrable vehicles or where a registrable vehicle may be held for sale; and

make provision in relation to the requirements to be complied with in relation to the use and disposition of registrable vehicles that—

do not comply with the vehicle standards prescribed under the regulations; or

are subject to inspections.