Tips on how to complete your vehicle or component type approval application

This document provides a list of the most common issues encountered when completing a vehicle or component type approval application and tips on how to avoid them. It covers issues with

Position Paper — Component type approval — test reports not completed by an RVS approved testing facility

This Position Paper was first published in June 2020 and addresses stakeholder concerns raised during consultations in early 2020 about how aspects of the Road Vehicle Standards (RVS) legislation will work in practice.

Importing road vehicles under Status of Forces Agreements and certain Customs Tariff Act by-laws, supplementary information

Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs) allow visiting military personnel that are members of a ‘visiting force’ subject to a SOFA to import road vehicles. The agreement permits a road vehicle to be imported without obtaining further approval from the department.

ROVER guide: How to complete compliance information forms

Compliance information (CI) forms are required in vehicle type approvals, component type approvals, Model Reports and some concessional RAV entry approvals, such as high ATM trailers and special purpose vehicles.

Tips and quick reference guide for low ATM trailers

This quick reference guide contains collated information, tips and references about low ATM trailers under the Road Vehicle Standards (RVS) laws.

IOT COVID-19 Weekly Update—30 November to 6 December 2022

Australian Government response to the independent review of Infrastructure Australia

The Review and Government response will support reinstating Infrastructure Australia's position as the expert advisor to the Commonwealth on nationally significant infrastructure—to build the nation's future economic, environmental and social prosperity.

Transport and connectivity

These factsheets are based on the initial findings from the transport and connectivity analysis of the South East Queensland (SEQ) research project. Key findings include:

High ATM trailers—Overview

This overview outlines how high ATM trailer (trailers with an aggregate trailer mass of more than 4.5 tonnes) manufactures and importers can apply for an approval under the Road Vehicle Standards (RVS) legislation, enabling them to provide trailers to the Australian market.

Guide to vehicle type approvals for low ATM trailers (4.5 tonnes or less)

This guide explains how trailer manufacturers or importers providing more than 4 trailers in a 12-month period can apply for a vehicle type approval for a low aggregate trailer mass (ATM) trailer (4.5 tonnes or less).