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This page last updated 9 March 2010
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09/03/2010 |
DOOR REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTORHOMES AND CARAVANS
I have become aware of potential safety related compliance issues relating to the inadequate provision of doors for entry to, or exit from, motorhomes and caravans. The Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 and Regulations prescribe the Australian Design Rules (ADRs) as the national standards which must be met before new vehicles can be marketed in Australia. ADR 44/02 titled “Specific Purpose Vehicle Requirements” prescribes requirements for the construction of specific purpose vehicles including motorhomes and caravans. ADR 44/02, clause 44.8.1, Doors, states as follows: “Every motor vehicle (motorhome) or trailer (‘Caravan’) equipped with fuel burning (cooking) facilities or living or sleeping accommodation shall have only outward-opening or sliding doors. At least one such door shall be located on the left-hand side or at the rear.” The intent of ADR44/02, clause 44.8.1 is that the door on the left hand side or rear of motor homes and caravans must be able to function as a door, in the normal sense of the word, providing direct entry to and egress from the vehicle. Whilst this clause does not specify dimensions, the intent is clearly to enable an average size person to easily enter and exit the vehicle without additional external fixtures or fittings. In addition, there must be no impediments (such as fixed objects) which interfere in any way with the easy use of doors for entry and exit. I have instructed all of my inspection staff to be particularly vigilant in respect of doors in motorhomes and caravans, and advice will be provided to all state and territory transport jurisdictions accordingly. Yours sincerely, Steve Pantelidis Administrator of Vehicle Standards |
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19/02/2010 |
The public comment consultation period on the Euro 5/6 RIS has been extended to close on Monday 15 March |
| Release of Administrator’s Circular 0-3-6 - Certification Procedures for Trailers, Issue 4. Go to Administrator’s Circulars |
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22/01/2010 |
Updates to SF 81/02. Go to the Form Download Page |
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22/01/2010 |
Draft Regulation Impact Statement for Review of Euro 5/6 Light Vehicle Emissions Standards
The Australian Government has a policy of harmonising Australia's vehicle standards (Australian Design Rules) wherever possible with the international standards established by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE). The current emissions ADRs adopt the standards known as Euro 4.New Euro 5 and Euro 6 standards have recently been agreed for light duty vehicles, and the Department has prepared a draft Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) to consider the merits of adopting these latest standards in Australia. The RIS incorporates a benefit-cost analysis undertaken by Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). DITRDLG also acknowledges the assistance of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) and a number of State environment agencies in the preparation of the RIS. The draft RIS is provided for public scrutiny and comment, prior to the presentation of a final RIS for consideration by decision makers. The consultation period closes on 1 March 2010, and all submissions must be in writing. Details regarding the submission of comments are set out in Section 5 (Consultation) of the draft RIS.
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08/01/2010 |
Updates to SF 79/02 and SF 81/02. Go to the Form Download Page |
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18/12/2009 |
Updates to SE 35/02 and SF 81/02. Go to the Form Download Page |
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11/12/2009 |
Initial release of SF 81/02 and SE 80/03. Updates to SE 79/02 and CA Trailer. Go to the Form Download Page |
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11/11/2009 |
Update of SE 79/02 and CA Trailer forms. Go to the Form Download Page |
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5/11/2009 |
Add ADR 84/00 to chlists.txt file. Go to the Form Download Page |
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29/10/2009 |
Update of SE 8/01 and 79/02. Update zip files. Add ADR 31/02 and 35/03 to chlists.txt file. Go to the Form Download Page |
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01/10/2009 |
Update of SE 11/00 and 81/02, SF VBS and 83/00 forms. Update zip files. Go to the Form Download Page |
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01/10/2009 |
Implementation of ADR80/03 Emission Control for Heavy Vehicles for new model vehicles from 1 January 2010
From 1 January 2010 all new model vehicles of the M and N categories, with a GVM greater than 3.5 tonnes must comply with ADR80/03. The Administrator of Vehicle Standards advises that all applicable new model vehicles with a “date of manufacture” on or after 1 January 2010 must comply with ADR80/03 before they can be supplied to the Australian market for use in transport. The “date of manufacture” is the date the vehicle is available in Australia in a condition which will enable an identification plate to be lawfully affixed to the vehicle. (This means that the “date of manufacture” cannot be before the vehicle arrives in Australia.) For the purpose of this advice, a new model vehicle is a vehicle of a model that has not been granted an Identification Plate Approval prior to 1 January 2010. On the basis of the above, the following apply to new model vehicles with a “date of manufacture” on or after 1 January 2010: 1. All new model vehicles of the M and N categories, with a GVM greater than 3.5 tonnes that do not comply with ADR80/03 must be made to comply with ADR80/03 before they can be supplied to the Australian market for use in transport. 2. All new model vehicles of the M and N categories, with a GVM greater than 3.5 tonnes that do not comply with ADR80/03 cannot be fitted with an identification plate. Please note that the Vehicle Safety Standards Branch’s service charter requires an Identification Plate Approval (IPA) to be issued within 32 days of receipt of the last piece of satisfactory evidence. Issue of an IPA prior to the implementation date of ADR80/03 cannot be assured where the evidence is received after 30 November 2009. Fitting an Identification Plate on passenger vehicles. Please note that passenger vehicles must be completed to the point of being able to carry passengers before an Identification Plate can be lawfully fitted.
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25/09/2009 |
Update of SE 21/00 form. Updated (All forms, SE Forms and All Active Forms) zip files. Individual SE files made available again. Go to the Form Download Page |
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18/09/2009 |
Update of forms.zip. File contains updated Routing slip, SE 14/02, SE 21/00, SE 38/03, SE 50/00 and SE 73/00. Separate zip files made available for SE forms, Admininstration forms and trailer forms. Go to the Form Download Page |
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04/09/2009 |
Update of forms.zip. File contains updated RVD1.itp, SE 74/00 and SE 62/02. Go to the Form Download Page |
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03/09/2009 |
Update of forms.zip. File contains updated COMTFI.itp and SE 38/03. Go to the Form Download Page |
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03/09/2009 |
ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING ALL RVCS SUBMISSIONS. |
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As announced on 29/07/2009, RVCS users would be required to update all forms to accept the new 6 character ID format. As of today, any data file submitted that was last saved with the old 5 character format will be rejected. To update your SE forms, please download the forms.zip file from the Forms Download page: Go to the Form Download Page Individual form downloads will be available once again as of mid September. |
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27/08/2009 |
Update of forms.zip. File contains updated SE 3/03 and 38/03. Go to the Form Download Page |
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07/08/2009 |
Update of forms.zip. File contains initial release of SE 10/02, updated SE 38/03, 4600, 83/00 and RVD2. Go to the Form Download Page |
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31/07/2009 |
Release of forms.zip file containing all files with 6 character ID fields. Go to the Form Download Page |
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29/07/2009 |
ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING ALL FORMS. |
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From 1st August 2009, RVCS users will be required to use form templates with mandatory 6 character length ID numbers. RVCS users will be required to upgrade all SE form templates to the latest revisions with this ID format. Until 1st September 2009, submissions with IDs in old 5 character format will still be accepted for processing. During this interim period, to ensure only the latest revision forms are downloaded, individual forms on the Form Downloads webpage will be temporarily removed leaving only the All Forms for Windows (forms.zip file), the Chlist.txt and the BoostList.txt available for downloading. Any submission of data files created and last saved using the old 5 character format that are received after 1st September 2009 will be rejected. Individual form downloads will be available shortly after this date.
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10/07/2009 |
Updated code to SE 62/02, RVD1 and RVD3. Re-release of SE 38/03 (requires BoostList.txt). Go to the Form Download Page |
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02/07/2009 |
Updated Cklists.txt and the code to the SE form 11/00 and 25/02.Replaced the Routing Slip 2.7 and 2.7a with 2.8. The SE 38/03 has been removed until its re-release.Go to the Form Download Page |
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24/06/2009 |
Updated code to the SE form 4/03.Go to the Form Download Page |
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19/06/2009 |
ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE LOW VOLUME TRAILER SCHEME. |
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From 1 July 2009 the Low Volume Assessment Scheme for Heavy Trailer Braking Systems (commonly known as the Low Volume Trailer Scheme) will cease. All new trailers, irrespective of numbers, must be certified under the procedures published in Administrator’s Circular 0-3-6 – Certification Procedures for Trailers. This Circular was issued in March 2009 and can be downloaded from the menu item ‘Administrator’s Circulars’. Low volume trailer applications received on or after 1 July 2009 will not be accepted.
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16/06/2009 |
Updated code to the Form 62/02. Go to the Form Download Page |
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29/05/2009 |
Update of Administrators Circular 0-4-26. Go to Go to the Circulars Page |
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22/05/2009 |
Initial release of SE 62/02. Updated code to the SE forms 3/03, 4/04, 6/00, 22/00 and 65/00. Amended Administrators Circular 31/01-2-2 (Reference to Annex 3 added, Clause 4.3.1).Go to the Form Download Page |
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21/04/2009 |
Updated code to the Blank Form 11/00, 22/00, 25/02, 31/01, 34/01, 77/00 and SFVBS. Go to the Form Download Page |
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1/04/2009 |
Release of Administrators Circular 0-3-6 and 0-14-1. Go to Go to the Form Download Page |
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13/03/2009 |
Updated code to the Blank Form, SE 3/03, SE 4/04, SE 5/05, SE 35/02, SE 46/00, SE 81/02 and SFVBS. Go to the Form Download Page |
| Release of Administrators Circular 81/02-2-1. Go to Administrator’s Circulars |
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24/02/2009 |
ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING ALL SE FORMS: |
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As VSS anticipates RVCS reaching it's limit of 9999 ID numbers, we are upgrading RVCS to accomodate the addition of an extra character to extend the numeric character series to 99999. This has entailed revising forms to accept and mandate a 6 character entry into every ID field. Initially, this will be only for new and updated forms. However, soon all RVCS users will be required to upgrade all form templates to revisions with this update that will mandate entry of IDs in this format. All data files last saved with earlier before this upgrade will display a red double ended arrow next to L, S, A, D, P or T#### ID field when opened. Only in the case where a data file is yet to be submitted should the user update the ID field (as above) and resave. If your ID number is in the format T1234, please precede your ID number with a 0 (e.g. T01234). FORM NEWS: Initial release of SE 38/03, SE 38/03 TB and SE 38/03 CS. Updated code to the Blank SE form, SE 3/03, SE 22/00, SE 23/02, SF VBS, 38 Sarn Form, SE 38/-- SS, SE 38/-- FB, SE 46/00 and SE 81/02. Updated Forms.Zip and Forms.exe files.Go to the Form Download Page |
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ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING EVIDENCE SUBMISSION FOR ADR 62/02: In the absence of an SE 62/02 form. The interim procedure of submission of evidence via a Revision 2.7 or later (see above for link to download) Blank Form is acceptable (for submission of test results, please attach a 62/01 form to the blank form). Earlier Revisions of the Blank Form are uncceptable. |
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10/12/08 |
Release of Administrators Circular 0-1-2. Go to Administrator’s Circulars |
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30/09/2008 |
Updates to SE forms 47/00, 81/02 and SF 31_35. Updated Forms.zip and Forms.exe files. All SF 31/-- and SF 35/-- submissions using the superseded forms will now be rejected as these forms no longer reflect the current circular. Go to the Form Download Page |
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11/09/2008 |
Updates to SE forms 3/03, 47/0 and 80/02, Update to RVD1. Updated Forms.zip and Forms.exe files. Go to the Form Download Page |
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10/09/08 |
Release of Administrators Circulars 0-4-1 and 0-2-12. Go to Administrator’s Circulars |
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25/08/2008 |
Updates to SE 4/04 and 81/02. Updates to SF 79/01 and 79/02. Updated chlist.txt file. Updated Forms.zip and Forms.exe files. Go to the Form Download Page |
| An instruction sheet has been prepared that details interim submission procedures for SE 38/03. To download the Word document: |
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12/08/2008 |
Updated Forms.zip and Forms.exe. Go to the Form Download Page |
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30/07/2008 |
Release of Administrators Circulars 31/01-2-2 and 35/02-2-1. Go to Administrator’s Circulars |
| Initial release of SF VBS (Vehicle Braking Systems). This SF form replaces SF forms 31/01, 35/01 and will now cover all vehicles requiring compliance to ADRs 31 and 35 (except LEG). |
| Updated SE 83/00. 33/00SF added to chlists.txt. SF 31/01 removed from Form Downloads. Updated Forms.zip and Forms.exe. Go to the Form Download Page |
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15/07/2008 |
Initial release of SE 4/04. Updates to SE forms 3/03, 8/01, 19/02, 43/04 and RVD1. Updated Forms.zip and Forms.exe. Go to the Form Download Page |
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27/06/2008 |
Updates to SE form 5/05. Updated Forms.zip and Forms.exe. Go to the Form Download Page |
| Administrators Circular 83/00-3-3 released. Go to Administrator’s Circulars |
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20/06/2008 |
Initial release of SE 5/05. Updates to SE forms 3/03, 30/01, 65/00,78/00 and SF form 83/00. Updated RVD3 form. Updated Forms.zip and Forms.exe. Go to the Form Download Page |
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30/05/2008 |
Addition of 81/02SF to chlists.txt. Updated Forms.zip and Forms.exe. Go to the Form Download Page |
| An instruction sheet has been prepared that details interim submission procedures for SF 81/02. To download the Word document: |
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24/04/2008 |
Initial release of SE 2/01. Updated SE 8/01, 79/01 and 79/02 forms. Go to the Form Download Page |
| An instruction sheet has been prepared to explain the purpose of the updated SE 79/02 form. To download the Word document: |
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11/04/2008 |
Initial release of SE 3/03 and SF 83/00. Updated revisions of 1/00, 6/00 and CRN forms. Go to the Form Download Page |
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20/03/2008 |
Updated revisions of RVD Image form, SE 83/00, 03/02, 04/03 and 05/04. Forms.exe updated to include the above forms. Go to the Form Download Page |
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03/03/2008 |
Administrators Circular 0-3-3 and 0-3-4 Updated. Circular 0-4-26 added. Go to Administrator’s Circulars |
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