Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation

For the purposes of section 62(1)(a) of the Law, the prescribed circumstances are that 1 of the following applies—

the Regulator is satisfied complying with the heavy vehicle standard to which the exemption is to apply would prevent heavy vehicles of that category from operating in the way in which, or for the purpose for which, the vehicles were built or modified;

the Regulator is satisfied heavy vehicles of that category are experimental vehicles, prototypes or similar vehicles that could not reasonably be expected to comply with the heavy vehicle standard to which the exemption is to apply;

the exemption has been requested by a road authority for a participating jurisdiction for the use of heavy vehicles of that category in that jurisdiction;

the category of heavy vehicles consists of heavy vehicles that, immediately before the relevant commencement date, were not required to comply with a similar standard at that time and were—

registered under an Australian road law of a participating jurisdiction and not required to comply with a similar standard at that time; or

operating under an unregistered heavy vehicle permit or exemption from registration (however described) granted or issued under an Australian road law of a participating jurisdiction.

In this section—relevant commencement date means the date on which section 62 of the Law commenced in a participating jurisdiction.