Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 48/00 – Devices for Illumination of Rear Registration Plates) 2006 (Cth)

Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 48/00 – Devices for Illumination of Rear Registration Plates) 2006 Made under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

Compilation: 1 (up to and including Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule) Lighting Standards Amendment Instrument 2022 (No.1))

Compilation Date: 20 January 2023

Compiled by: Vehicle Safety Policy and Partnerships, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts CONTENTS

0.1. NAME OF STANDARD..........................................3 1. SCOPE........................................................3 2. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLIMENTATION.........................3 3. DEFINITIONS..................................................3 4. REQUIREMENTS...............................................3 5. EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES.................3 6. SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS...................4 7. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS....................................4 8. NOTES........................................................4 APPENDIX A.........................................................5 COMPILATION NOTES...............................................27

0.1. NAME OF STANDARD 0.1.1. This Standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 48/00 – Devices for Illumination of Rear Registration Plates) 2006.

0.1.2. This Standard may also be cited as Australian Design Rule 48/00 — Devices for Illumination of Rear Registration Plates.

1. SCOPE This Australian Design Rule (ADR) prescribes the photometric requirements for devices which illuminate the rear registration plate by reflection. 2. APPLICABILITY AND IMPLIMENTATION 2.1. The circumstances under which rear registration plate lamps are mandatory, optional, or prohibited are set out in either ADRs 13/..., 19/…or 67/…. 3. DEFINITIONS 3.1. Refer to paragraph 1 of Appendix A. 4. REQUIREMENTS 4.1. Rear registration plate lamps fitted to vehicles in accordance with ADR 13/… and required to comply with ADR 48/00 must comply with either: a) The technical requirements of Appendix A as varied by part 5. Exemptions and Alternative Procedures and part 6. Supplementary General Requirements; or b) The alternative standards set out in part 7. Alternative Standards. 5. EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES 5.1. The following provisions of Appendix A do not apply. 5.1.1. Section 2 Application for approval Section 3 Markings Section 4 Approval Section 10 Conformity of production – partial (for particular deletions to the section refer to paragraphs 5.1.2) Section 11 Penalties for non conformity of production Section 12 Production definitely discontinued Section 13 Names and addresses of technical services responsible for conducting approval tests, and of administrative departments Annexes Annex 1 Arrangements of approval marks Annex 2 Communication concerning the approval (or refusal or withdrawal of approval or production definitely discontinued) of a type of illuminating device for rear registration plates pursuant to Regulation No. 4 5.1.2. Paragraphs 2.3 and 3.3 in Annex 7. 6. SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS The following general requirements are supplementary to the requirements of Appendix A: 6.1. The requirements and procedures set out in Annexes 6 and 7 of Appendix A are acceptable for the purposes of demonstrating compliance with the technical requirements of this rule 7. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS 7.1. The technical requirements of any of the editions of United Nations Regulation 4 UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF DEVICES FOR THE ILLUMINATION OF REAR REGISTRATION PLATES OF POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLES AND THEIR TRAILERS. 8. NOTES 8.1. In place of Regulation No 48 where referenced in Appendix A, read ADR 13/00. 8.2. In place of Regulation No 37 where referenced in Appendix A, read ADR 51/00. APPENDIX A