Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts5. After section 6D of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted in Part I:
“6E. (1) The Registrar shall cause a manual, called the Vehicle Inspection Manual, to be prepared and maintained for the purposes of this Act.
“(2) The Manual shall specify—
(a) the requirements with which each motor vehicle and trailer is required to comply before it may be registered; and
(b) the requirements with which parts and equipment of each motor vehicle and trailer are required to comply before the vehicle or trailer, as the case may be, may be registered.
“(3) The Manual is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989 .
“6F. (1) The Registrar may, by instrument, amend the Manual.
“(2) An instrument under subsection (1) has effect from and including such date as is specified in the instrument, being a date not less than 7 days after the date on which the instrument is made.
“(3) An instrument under subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a motor vehicle or trailer in respect of which there is in force a certificate under section 26AP that was issued before the date on which the instrument took effect.
“6G. The Registrar shall—
(a) within 7 days after completion of the preparation of the Manual furnish a copy of the Manual to the Minister; and
(b) within 7 days after an instrument is made under subsection 6F (1), furnish a copy of the instrument to the Minister and to the proprietor of premises authorised under Part IIAA.
“6H. (1) In any proceedings evidence of the Manual as in force on a specified date or during a specified period may be given by the production of an office copy of the Manual certified by the Registrar, in writing, to be a true copy of the Manual, as at that date or during that period.
“(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a certificate that purports to have been signed by the Registrar shall be taken to have been so signed unless the contrary is proved.
“6J. (1) Expressions used in the Manual, or an instrument made under subsection 6F (1), shall, unless the contrary intention appears in the Manual or instrument, have the same respective meanings as they would have if the Manual or instrument, as the case may be, were regulations under this Act.
“(2) The Manual, and instruments made under subsection 6F (1), shall not be taken to be regulations within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1967 .
“6K. A copy of the Manual shall be kept at each office of the Registrar and may, on request by a person, be inspected at any time during the ordinary business hours of that office.”.