Part 7BLegacy EPAC and special purpose EPAC verification#

122QDefinitions for part#

In this part—

legacy EPAC: legacy EPAC means a vehicle that— (a) has 2 or more wheels; and (b) is built to be propelled by human power; and (c) has 1 or more auxiliary electric motors; and (d) was manufactured before 1 July 2026; and (e) complies with the characteristics or limitations prescribed by regulation.
special purpose EPAC: special purpose EPAC means a vehicle that— (a) has 2 or more wheels; and (b) is built to be propelled by human power; and (c) has 1 or more auxiliary electric motors; and (d) is designed or modified to enable a person with a disability or medical condition to ride the vehicle; and (e) complies with the characteristics or limitations prescribed by regulation.

A reference in this part to verifying that a vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC includes—

(a)assessing whether the vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC; and
(b)testing the vehicle for the purpose of assessing whether it is, or verifying that it is, a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC.

(1)The chief executive may make rules (EPAC verification rules) about verifying that a vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC.
(2)Without limiting subsection (1), the EPAC verification rules may include rules about the following—
(a)the method or standard of testing to be used in verifying that a vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC;
(b)the presumptions that may be relied on in verifying that a vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC;
(c)the modifications made to a vehicle that may be ignored or accommodated in verifying that the vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC;
(d)who may verify that a vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC;
(e)matters relating to the label to be attached to a vehicle indicating that the vehicle is verified to be a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC, including, for example, who may attach the label and how it must be attached;
(f)the records to be made or kept in relation to verifying that a vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC;
(g)the circumstances in which the verification of a vehicle ends.
(3)For the purpose of subsection (2)(b), the EPAC verification rules may include a list of makes and models of vehicles that the chief executive is satisfied are, or are not, legacy EPACs or special purpose EPACs as defined under this Act.
(4)The chief executive must publish the EPAC verification rules on the department’s website.

(1)A person must comply with the EPAC verification rules in verifying that a vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC.
(2)A person must not purport to verify that a vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC unless that person is a person who may do so under the EPAC verification rules.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(1)A regulation may prescribe the following—
(a)the maximum fees payable for verifying that a vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC;
(b)the limitations or conditions applying to the use of legacy EPACs or special purpose EPACs.
(2)A regulation may provide for offences relating to—
(a)charging more than the maximum fee prescribed for verifying that a vehicle is a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC; or
(b)use of a legacy EPAC or special purpose EPAC in contravention of a limitation or condition applying to the EPAC under a regulation.