RVS guides and resources

High ATM trailers—Overview

This overview outlines how high ATM trailer (trailers with an aggregate trailer mass of more than 4.5 tonnes) manufactures and importers can apply for an approval under the Road Vehicle Standards (RVS) legislation, enabling them to provide trailers to the Australian market.

Vehicle Standards Bulletin 1 (Revision 5)—Trailers with an aggregate trailer mass of 4.5 tonnes or less

This guide is being provided for historic purposes only.

Conditions for single road vehicle applications with multiple identical vehicles

On some single road vehicle applications, you can apply for multiple identical vehicles – up to 30 identical vehicles (or 4 identical trailers) in one application.

Frequently asked questions – Supplier responsibilities when conducting a vehicle or vehicle component recall

As the supplier of a vehicle or vehicle component, you are responsible for informing the department about any recalls and conducting those recalls in a manner that is proportionate to the risk.

Guide to Safer Freight Vehicles

This guide provides details of the new and amended Australian Design Rules that make up the Government’s Safer Freight Vehicles package released in October 2023, and the vehicles they apply to. It also explains how to:

Guide to vehicle type approvals—Appendix 1—Information required in an application

Appendix 1 lists the broad questions asked in a vehicle type approval application and outlines the information you need to provide or have in place to answer each question.

ROVER video: Release 8C demonstration

Watch this video demonstrating the new functionality and design changes in ROVER Release 8C. We’ve reduced the number of fields in compliance information forms, making it faster to submit your applications.

RVS Webinar: Second stage of manufacture 2023

Watch this video to learn about applying for second stage of manufacture approvals to modify vehicles to upgrade the gross vehicle mass or to become a motorhome.

What’s new? What’s different? ROVER Release 8C

This What's new? What's different? guide is a visual overview of functionality and design changes in ROVER Release 8C.

RVS video: RAV Validations Webinar

Part of ROVER Release 8C includes bringing the RAV in-house. This will result in better integration of the ROVER and RAV systems and provide a number of other benefits. We have strengthened validations of all RAV submissions and you will need to send your RAV submissions to a new email address.