Contents
- 1 Name
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Authority
- 4 Schedules
- Schedule 1—Amendments to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 81/03 – Energy Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles) 2025
- Schedule 2 Amendments toVehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 79/05 – Emission Control for Light Vehicles) 2024
- Schedule 3 Amendments toVehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 80/04 – Emission Control for Heavy Vehicles) 2023
- Schedule 4 AmendmentsVehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 111/00 – Advanced Emission Control for Light Vehicles) 2024
- Schedule 5 Amendments to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 112/00 – Control of Real Driving Emissions for Light Vehicles) 2024
- Schedule 6 Amendments to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 113/00 – Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems for Quiet Road Transport Vehicles) 2024
- Schedule 7 Amendments to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 114/00 – Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement) 2026
1Name#
This instrument is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule) Amendment Instrument (No.1) of 2026
2Commencement#
(1)Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2)Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
4 Schedules#
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 81/03 – Energy Consumption Labelling for Light Vehicles) 2025
1 Section 5 (Requirements)
Subclause 5.6.1:
Omit “5.3.4”, substitute “5.3.3”.
2 Appendix A
Clause 5:
Omit “watt hours per kilometre”, substitute “kilometres”
3 Appendix B
(a) Clause 1:
Omit “and fuel consumption”.
(b) Sub subclause 4.1.2:
Omit:
Substitute
Schedule 2 · Amendments toVehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 79/05 – Emission Control for Light Vehicles) 2024
Omit: “and is fitted with a label or other emblem indicating the vehicle is a Battery Electric Vehicle or BEV”
Omit: “and is fitted with a label or other emblem indicating the vehicle is a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle or HFCV”
Omit: “Section 7 Extensions to type approvals”
(i) After “Appendix”, insert “A”
(ii) After ‘preconditioning’ omit: “shall be recorded”.
Schedule 3 · Amendments toVehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 80/04 – Emission Control for Heavy Vehicles) 2023
After subclause 3.1.2, insert:
“3.1.3. “Pure Electric Vehicles and Fuel Cell Vehicles that operate on hydrogen need not comply with this vehicle standard, if the vehicle has a gross vehicle mass not exceeding 4,500kg.”
After “BEV”, insert “, or is entered onto the Register of Approved Vehicles with the motive power type EV”
After “HFCV”, insert “, or is entered onto the Register of Approved Vehicles with the motive power type FCEV”
Schedule 4 · AmendmentsVehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 111/00 – Advanced Emission Control for Light Vehicles) 2024
Clause 3.1:
After “below”, insert “, notwithstanding clause 1.1 of Appendix A.”
Clause 6.1:
After “Section 7 Modification of vehicle type and extension of approval”,insert “(except clauses 7.4 to 7.7.)”
Schedule 5 · Amendments to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 112/00 – Control of Real Driving Emissions for Light Vehicles) 2024
After “below”, insert “, notwithstanding section 1 of Appendix A.”
“3.1.3. “Pure Electric Vehicles and Fuel Cell Vehicles that operate on hydrogen need not comply with this vehicle standard.”
Omit “Subject to 5.1.1 and 5.1.2, all vehicles must comply with either:”, substitute “All vehicles must comply with either:”
(b) Repeal subclauses 5.1.1, and 5.1.2.
After “Section 11 Modification of vehicle type and extension of approval”, insert “(except clause 11.4)”
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
“6.3.1 Notwithstanding clause 6.3, vehicles tested in accordance with clause 6.4 of Appendix A of ADR 111/00 may use the ‘Requirements for evaluation with 3 Phase WLTC’ specified in Sections 9 and 10 and Annexes 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Appendix A in lieu of the ‘Requirements for evaluation with 4 Phase WLTC’ to demonstrate compliance with the vehicle standard. The final emissions for the 3-phase analysis must not be higher than any of the limits for the relevant criteria emissions (i.e. NOx and PN) found in Table 1A of paragraph 6.3.10. of Appendix A of ADR 111/00.”
Repeal the paragraph and note, substitute:
“7.1. The technical requirements of the original version of United Nations Regulation No. 168 - Uniform provisions concerning the approval of light duty passenger and commercial vehicles with regards to real driving emissions (RDE) (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2023/77), adopted by the Administrative Committee for the United Nations 1958 Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Harmonized Technical United Nations Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these United Nations Regulations on 21 June 2023.”
(b) After Clause 7.1, insert:
“7.2 The ‘Level 1A’ or ‘Level 2’ technical requirements of the 01 series of amendments to United Nations Regulation No. 168 - Uniform provisions concerning the approval of light duty passenger and commercial vehicles with regards to real driving emissions (RDE) (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/27) adopted by the Administrative Committee for the United Nations 1958 Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Harmonized Technical United Nations Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these United Nations Regulations on 11 March 2026.”
Schedule 6 · Amendments to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 113/00 – Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems for Quiet Road Transport Vehicles) 2024
Clause 3.2:
Omit “3.2.1”, substitute “3.1.2”.
After requirements, insert “of”.
“6.6. For the measurement of sound emitted by vehicles in motion, testing may be performed on a test site that meets the specifications of clause 6.6.1 in lieu of the specifications in paragraph 2.1.2 of Annex 3 to Appendix A:
6.6.1 The test site shall take the form of an open space of 25m radius having a central part of at least 10m radius which is practically level, consisting of concrete, asphalt or similar material and not covered with powdery snow, tall grass, loose soil, ashes or the like. The test site surface shall be dry and such as not to cause excessive tyre noise. Whilst the test is in progress no person shall be in the measurement area except the observer and the driver. Their presence must have no influence on the meter reading.”
Schedule 7 · Amendments to Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 114/00 – Carbon Dioxide Emissions Measurement) 2026
Clause 3.1
Omit “supplied from”, substitute “with a ‘Date of Manufacture’ on or after”
After “of goods”, insert “with a length”
After “purposes”, insert “with a length”
Clause 4.2
After “Table”, omit “A2”, substitute “B2”
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