Documents

This Vehicle Standards Bulletin applies to road trailers – including new trailers or used imported trailers
– with an aggregate trailer mass (ATM) of 4.5 tonnes (4,500kg) or less.

Information on 12volt and Solar (PV) systems for vehicles and trailers built after 2022 and all new installations on any vehicle.

Licensed certifiers
If you have a significantly modified vehicle or a non-standard vehicle, it must be inspected by a NSW Government accredited representative, known as a Vehicle Safety Compliance Certification Scheme (VSCCS) licensed certifier or an Approved Vehicle Examiner

The ‘Guidelines for retrofitting seatbelts to pre-ADR vehicles’ (the Guidelines) provides advice for the installation of lap (2-point) or lap sash (3-point) seatbelts to pre-Australian Design Rule (ADR) vehicles that were not fitted with seatbelts by the vehicle’s original manufacturer. The Guideline provides general advice about acceptable installation methods, component requirements, and compliance requirements for registration in accordance with the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017. The scope of vehicles covered under this Guideline includes light vehicles (Gross Vehicle Mass of 4.5 tonnes or less) with a date of manufacture that predates any ADR related to seatbelts and seatbelt anchorage points.

Light vehicle modifications
A guide to modifications requiring certification under the Vehicle Safety Compliance Certification Scheme

This Vehicle Standards Information (VSI) No. 6 is intended to help vehicle owners and
modifiers determine what modifications to vehicles up to and including 4.5 tonnes gross
vehicle mass require certification. 

This document is designed to give you the main rules to install and modify lighting to production vehicle under 4.5 T GVM weight, it is not an exhausted list of all rules or measurements at any point if you are unsure or have conflicting information contact the Engineer as rules change from time to time and different states can be different as well.

Rule 105.03 - Light transmittance
Inspection Rule 105.03 of the AIS Safety Check Standards for Light Vehicles has been updated to improve safety and align with the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017. Key updates include: - A further allowance of 5 per cent reduction in light transmittance for the front windscreen of any vehicle to 70 per cent and rejected for 65 per cent - Passenger vehicles may now meet a reduced 20 per cent light transmittance for rear windows and rejected for 15 per cent
New rules for any film applied to side or rear windows that is damaged or deteriorated, and for film applied to the windscreen, with exceptions for tinted opaque bands at the top of the windscreen, provided they are above the wiper sweep or the top 10 per cent of the windscreen (whichever is greater). Please review the updated Inspection Rule and Safety Check Standards and apply them to all Safety Check inspections.

Checklist and information on the requirements for converting a suitable vehicle into a Motorhome or Campervan.

Templates are provided to assist customers in producing a Floor Plan
multiple templates available with access to all available 
Certification Applicants engaged in having Engineering certificates can download for free

 
 
if you aren't already a Certification Applicant click below
 

Guidelines on Seats Seatbelts and their Anchorages.
For Light vehicles under 4500kg only.

The Load Restraint Guide is a flexible resource, designed with 6 independent modules. You can refer to each module separately,
but where necessary, the guide will direct you to additional modules for more information.

Brake assessment manual is used by owners and certifiers to access a vehicles compliance for brake testing for any brake modifications 
Version 2025

NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION OF STREET RODS IN AUSTRALIA
In all cases the rules in the supplement take persistence over the manual.

This Vehicle Standards Information No.10 is intended to advise vehicle owners and operators of the safety requirements that apply when carrying a bicycle/s externally mounted on a motor vehicle.

Registration of ex-Military vehicle in NSW
A guide for owners of cars and trucks
 
To be registered in NSW, these vehicles must comply to their applicable vehicle standards in the same way that any other registrable vehicle is required to. This fact sheet provides general guidance to anybody considering the purchase and registration of such a vehicle in NSW.

This Vehicle Standards Information No. 53 (VSI.53) provides advice about what constitutes an individually constructed vehicle (ICV), and identifies the differences between ICVs and modified vehicles. It only applies to light vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) of 4.5 tonnes or less.

VSI 21 Modifications for disability
This Guidelines for modifying vehicles for people with disability (the Guidelines) applies to light vehicles. It is intended to guide and assist persons in modifying a vehicle for use by a person with disability. Modifications may be required to facilitate a person with disability to travel as vehicle passenger (e.g. seat modifications) and/or to be able to drive the vehicle (e.g. pedal extensions).

This document outlines procedures, DIY assessment examples and minimum requirements for
constructing and installing Rollcages and Occupant Protection systems. It applies to both
modified and individually constructed vehicles as specified by VSB 14 the national code of
modification for in service vehicles under 4500kg.

Transport for NSW Rules for authorised inspection stations series 100 rules
the Pinkslip rules for registration in NSW for registration renewal

Modified or individually constructed vehicles Means to demonstrate compliance with the Third Edition of the Australian Design Rules

Verified weighbridges and weighbridge tickets
As per the Transport for NSW notice to dealers November 2019

Transport NSW instructions for stamping new numbers

The complete HVAIS rules for Heavy Vehicle Stations including the Business rules
7mb - 404 pages

Emission Standards for Petrol Cars
Government chart showing all petrol cars emission standards based on year of build

Used to locate VIN, Chassis and Engine numbers in conjunction with RVD information