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 3   Certification and approval

Division 1   Identification plates

4   Approval for the placement of identification plates - subsections 10A(1) and (2)

Existing approvals to continue in force

(1) Despite the repeal of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989, if an approval:

(a) was given under subsection 10A(1) or (2) of that Act in relation to vehicles of a particular type; and

(b) is in force immediately before commencement;

the approval is taken to continue in force during the transitional period subject to the provisions of the old law.

Pending applications

(2) If, before commencement:

(a) a person applied to the Minister for an approval under subsection 10A(1) or (2) of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 in relation to vehicles of a particular type; and

(b) the Minister had not decided the application;

then:

(c) the Minister must decide the application in accordance with the old law; and

(d) if the Minister decides to give written approval - the approval:

(i) comes into force on the day specified by the Minister in the approval; and

(ii) continues in force during the transitional period subject to the provisions of the old law.

New law does not apply

(3) If an approval continues, or is taken to continue, in force during the transitional period subject to the provisions of the old law by force of this item, then the new law does not apply, during the transitional period, to:

(a) the importation of vehicles to which the approval applies; and

(b) the provision of vehicles that have had identification plates placed on them in accordance with the approval.