Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation

A brake tube or hose fitted to a heavy vehicle must—

be manufactured from a material appropriate to its intended use in the vehicle; and

be long enough to allow for the full range of steering and suspension movements of the vehicle; and

be fitted to prevent it being damaged during the vehicle’s operation by—

a source of heat; or

any movement of the parts to which it is attached or near.

Each component of the braking system of a heavy vehicle must comply with the design and performance requirements of any of the following—

a relevant Australian Standard or British Standard; or

a relevant standard approved by any of the following bodies—

• 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).

Notes—

1 A 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.

2 A vehicle need not comply with a standard if that standard is replaced by a later version of the standard and the vehicle complies with that later version.

sch 2 s 84 amd 2015 SL No. 188 s 35