Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018 (164 of 2018)

Schedule 3   Transitional provisions commencing on repeal of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989

Part 4   Supply and importation of vehicles

Division 3   Import of new and used vehicles

18   Register of Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles

(1) Despite the repeal of section 21 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989, the Register of Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles established under that section:

(a) is to continue in existence during the transitional period; and

(b) must be maintained by the Minister during the transitional period in accordance with the old law.

(2) If:

(a) immediately before commencement, a road vehicle was entered on the Register of Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicles established under section 21 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989; and

(b) the Minister considers that it is for the benefit of the Australian community to include a vehicle of that kind on the SEVs Register;

then:

(c) even if the vehicle does not meet the criteria set out in the rules, the Minister may, during the transitional period and despite the new law, enter the vehicle on the SEVs Register; and

(d) if the vehicle is so entered, the entry of the vehicle on the SEVs Register is subject to the new law.