Road Traffic (Vehicles) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2025 00-00-00 Xml

Western Australia

Road Traffic (Vehicles) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2025

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Regulations amended1

4.Regulation 8 amended1

5.Regulation 117 amended2

6.Regulation 121 amended2

7.Part 10 Divisions 11A and 11B inserted2

Division 11A — Hydrogen-powered vehicles

362B.Label requirements for hydrogen‑powered vehicles2

Division 11B — Electric‑powered vehicles

362C.Label requirements for electric‑powered vehicles4

Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012

Road Traffic (Vehicles) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2025

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.Citation

These regulations are the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2025.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;

(b)the rest of the regulations — on 1 January 2026.

3.Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014.

4.Regulation 8 amended

Delete regulation 8(2) and insert:

(2)If a diagram is referred to in a provision, the diagram has effect in accordance with the provision.

Note for this subregulation:

See regulations 362B(4)(d), 362C(4)(d) and 373(3)(a).

(3)A diagram is otherwise for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to represent the actual size, dimensions or colour of the thing shown.

5.Regulation 117 amended

In regulation 117(1) delete “127, 133 and 362(2),” and insert:

127 and 133,

6.Regulation 121 amended

In regulation 121(b) delete “362(2).” and insert:

136, 362(2) or (3), 362B or 362C.

7.Part 10 Divisions 11A and 11B inserted

After Part 10 Division 11 insert:

Division 11A — Hydrogen-powered vehicles

362B.Label requirements for hydrogen‑powered vehicles

(1)In this regulation —

hydrogen‑powered vehicle means a vehicle that —

(a)is powered by a hydrogen fuel system; and

(b)has 1 or more hydrogen fuel containers fitted to the vehicle for the system.

(2)This regulation applies to a hydrogen‑powered vehicle —

(a)built on or after 1 January 2019; or

(b)modified to be a hydrogen‑powered vehicle on or after 1 January 2019.

(3)The vehicle must have fixed conspicuously to its front and rear number plates —

(a)for a vehicle fitted with 1 hydrogen fuel container — a label that complies with subregulation (4); or

(b)for a vehicle fitted with 2 or more hydrogen fuel containers — 2 labels that comply with subregulation (4).

(4)For the purposes of subregulation (3), a label complies with this subregulation if —

(a)it is affixed to a plate made of metal that is at least 1 mm thick; and

(b)the label, and the plate to which it is affixed, is a regular pentagonal shape —

(i)each side of which is 20 mm long; and

(ii)each interior angle of which is 108°;

and

(c)it has a yellow surface that complies with class 2 of AS 1906.1:2017 Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes — Retroreflective sheeting; and

(d)it is marked ‘H’ in a black capital letter that is at least 10 mm high and has the orientation shown in the diagram below; and

(e)it is fixed to the number plates so that the letter on the label is in an upright position; and

(f)it does not wholly or partly obscure any characters on the number plates.

Hydrogen‑powered vehicle label

Division 11B — Electric‑powered vehicles

362C.Label requirements for electric‑powered vehicles

(1)In this regulation —

electric‑powered vehicle means a vehicle that is powered by 1 or more electric motors or traction motors that —

(a)are the only propulsion system for the vehicle; or

(b)are used in conjunction with another propulsion system for the vehicle.

(2)This regulation —

(a)applies to an electric‑powered vehicle —

(i)built on or after 1 January 2019; or

(ii)modified to be an electric‑powered vehicle on or after 1 January 2019;

but

(b)does not apply to a vehicle to which regulation 362B applies (even if the vehicle is fitted with an electric motor or traction motor that is used in conjunction with a hydrogen fuel system for the propulsion of the vehicle).

(3)The vehicle must have fixed conspicuously to its front and rear number plates a label that complies with subregulation (4).

(4)For the purposes of subregulation (3), a label complies with this subregulation if —

(a)it is affixed to a plate made of metal that is at least 1 mm thick; and

(b)the label, and the plate to which it is affixed, is an equilateral triangular shape —

(i)each side of which is 30 mm long; and

(ii)each interior angle of which is 60°;

and

(c)it has a blue surface that complies with class 2 of AS 1906.1:2017 Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes — Retroreflective sheeting; and

(d)it is marked ‘EV’ in white capital letters that are at least 8 mm high and have the orientation shown in the diagram below; and

(e)it is fixed to the number plates so that the letters on the label are in an upright position; and

(f)it does not wholly or partly obscure any characters on the number plates.

Electric‑powered vehicle label

K. COLLERAN, Clerk of the Executive Council

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