'AS 1698-1988' means Australian Standard AS 1698-1988 ‘Protective Helmets for Vehicle Users’, incorporating all amendments approved and published by Standards Australia;

 

‘AS/NZS 1698:2006’ means Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 1698-2006 ‘Protective Helmets for Vehicle Users’, incorporatin all amendments approved and published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, or any later version of that standard;

 

‘ECE 22.05’ means the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regulation No. 22 ‘Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Protective Helmets and their Visors for Drivers and Passengers of Motor Cycles and Mopeds’, incorporating the 05 series of amendments to that regulation, and any further amendments approved and published by the ECE, or any later version of that standard; and

 

‘relevant Standard’ means: (i) AS 1698-1988; or (ii) AS/NZS 1698:2006; or (iii) ECE 22.05.

For the purposes of the term approved motor bike helmet in the Road Rules, I, Anita Curnow, delegate of the Roads Corporation, approve each motor bike helmet that –

(a)

complies with the version of the relevant Standard that was in force at the time of its manufacture in or importation into Australia, as the case may be; and

(b)

is marked with –

(i)

in the case of compliance with AS 1698:1988 or AS/NZS 1698-2006 and if manufactured in, or imported into, Australia before 1 July 2012, an official standards mark certifying compliance with either of those standards; or

(ii)

in the case of compliance with AS 1698:1988 or AS/NZS 1698-2006 and if manufactured in, or imported into, Australia on or after 1 July 2012, a mark from a body accredited or approved by the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand certifying compliance with either of those standards; or

(iii)

in the case of compliance with ECE 22.05, an international approval mark in accordance with ECE 22.05.

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