AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

MOTOR TRAFFIC ORDINANCE 1972

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 3 of 1972

	The object of the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1972 is to implement additional motor vehicle Design Rules, recommended by the Australian Transport Advisory Council.  All motor vehicles manufactured after 1 January 1972 will be required to conform to the Design Rules which will specify standards for:

•	reversing lights;

•	standard controls for automatic transmissions;

•	internal sunvisors;

•	head rests in seats;

•	anti-theft locks; and

•	emission of carbon monoxide from vehicle exhausts.

	The Ordinance will also simplify the scheme of setting out all the Design Rules in the Ordinance.

        R. J. H.
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