Industry Update, March 2022: Government Introduces 2 New Australian Design Rules On 24 February 2022, the Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Kevin Hogan MP, signed two new Australian Design Rules (ADR): ADR 97/00 – Advanced Emergency...
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has released a new authorisation notice: 'National Class 2 Performance Based Standards (High Productivity) Authorisation Notice 2021 (No. 1)'. Smedley's Engineers's specialist PBS consultant Chris Nisbet says, "The key...
The deadline for transferring IPAs to VTAs is 31 December 2021. Manufacturers have been warned that they shouldn’t miss the deadline for the RVSA VTA opt-in. However, the Department of Infrastructure has disclosed that the uptake of the Vehicle Type Approval (VTA)...
From 15 November 2021, operators will no longer need to wait a further 28 days or more to operate after receiving a PBS Vehicle Approval for the list of combination designs. Several High Productivity Vehicle designs have been added to this new notice to remove the...
The NHVR released an almost national level notice for Tier 1 network access: Since the inception of Performance Based Standards (PBS), industry and operators have been frustrated with the need to apply/be approved for Tier 1 vehicle or combination mass vehicle...
On Board Mass compliance for HPFV and PBS combinations goes live in Victoria on 1st November 2021 Smedley’s Engineers, a leading Performance-Based Standards assessment firm, has announced the pending introduction of new onboard mass measuring regulations for the...
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has introduced a new work procedure which introduces tighter limits on what certification anomalies can be approved via an Assessor Sign-Off (ASO). Certification anomalies occur when an as-built combination does not...
