Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation

A hydrogen-powered vehicle built after 1 January 2019, or a vehicle modified to be a hydrogen-powered vehicle after 1 January 2019, must have fixed conspicuously to its front and rear number plates—

for a vehicle fitted with 1 hydrogen fuel container—a label that complies with subsection (2); or

for a vehicle fitted with 2 or more hydrogen fuel containers—2 labels that comply with subsection (2).

For subsection (1), a label complies with this subsection if—

it is affixed to a plate made of metal that is at least 1mm thick; and

the label, and the plate to which it is affixed, is a regular pentagonal shape—

each side of which is 20mm long; and

each interior angle of which is 108°; and

it has a yellow surface that complies with class 2 or 100 of the version of AS/NZS 1906.1 ‘Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes—Retroreflective sheeting’ applying to the label at the label’s date of manufacture.

it is marked ‘H’ in a black capital letter that is at least 10mm high and has the orientation shown in the example; and

it is fixed to the number plates so that the letter on the label is in an upright position; and

it does not wholly or partly obscure any characters on the number plates.

Example of label for hydrogen-powered vehicle—Note—The example of the label is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent the label’s actual size, dimensions or colour.

In this section—hydrogen-powered vehicle means a heavy motor vehicle that—

is powered by a hydrogen fuel system; and

has 1 or more hydrogen fuel containers fitted to the vehicle for the system.

sch 2 s 108A ins 2018 SL No. 89 s 39