Regulation 155 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following definition after the definition of centre-line :

conspicuity marking means a conspicuity marking within the meaning of ADR 13/00 as amended or substituted from time to time;

(b) by inserting the following definition after the definition of emergency brake :

exempt vehicle means –

(a) a police vehicle; or

(b) an ambulance; or

(c) an Australian Defence Force vehicle; or

(d) a vehicle operated, approved or authorised under the Fire Service Act 1979 ; or

(e) a transport enforcement vehicle; or

(f) an Australian Border Force Services vehicle; or

(g) an Airservices Australia vehicle; or

(h) a vehicle operated, approved or authorised under the Emergency Management Act 2006 ;

(c) by omitting "glazing," from the definition of luminous transmittance and substituting "glazing or a coating on glazing," ;

(d) by omitting "glazing" third occurring from the definition of luminous transmittance and substituting "glazing or coating" ;

(e) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of rear fog light :

rear glazing , in relation to a light motor vehicle, means glazing used in a window or interior partition of the motor vehicle located behind the driver in the normal driving position;

rear marking plate means a rear marking plate that complies with Vehicle Standards Bulletin 12 (VSB 12), as amended or substituted from time to time;

Note : The Vehicle Standards Bulletin 12 is available from the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator's website at https://www.nhvr.gov.au/.

(f) by omitting the definition of street rod vehicle and substituting the following definition:

street rod vehicle is a light vehicle that –

(a) has been modified for safe road use; and

(b) has a body and frame that were built, or is a replica of a vehicle the body and frame of which were built, before 1949;

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 14 November 2018

These regulations are administered in the Department of State Growth.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 2014 by updating vehicle standards in relation to –

(a) modifications to light motor vehicles; and

(b) specified horns, alarms, lights, tinting and signs fitted to certain vehicles; and

(c) emissions from and exhausts fitted to certain vehicles; and

(d) vehicles powered by specified alternative fuel sources.