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Under the MVSA , an RV was considered compliant upon registration , allowing people and companies of questionable skills to set-up shop and market their RVs ( sometimes poorly constructed ) to an unsuspecting public .
The establishment of the Register of Approved Vehicles ( RAV ) is another key plank in the RV industry ’ s and federal government ’ s bid to stamp out non-compliant manufacturing .
Manufacturers and importers of more than four vehicles per year will be required to register with the federal government and obtain ‘ type approvals ’ for the model of trailer they want to supply or build , with each and every vehicle and trailer they build recorded on the online and publicly-searchable RAV .
“ The RVSA will provide industry businesses a level playing field , create a barrier to entry for newcomers and start-ups , improve the safety and compliance of recreational vehicles being manufactured , and arm federal government regulators with greater enforcement powers to assist in stamping out noncompliant and , more importantly , unsafe recreational vehicles making it onto Australian roads ,” the CCIA says .
When it was passed by the Australian Senate in late 2018 , the RVSA was expected to be in force on December 10 2019 ; however , the implementation of the laws faced numerous delays .
VSB 1 – the national code of practice for manufacturing trailers of 4.5 tonnes ATM or less – was revised as part of the introduction of the RVSA .
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