1 Transitional national road vehicle standards
(1) This item applies for the purposes of the operation of the following during the period beginning on 10 December 2018 and ending on the day before section 15 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 commences:
(a) provisions of that Act that commence on the day after that Act receives the Royal Assent;
(b) any instruments made under those provisions.
(2) A vehicle standard as in force from time to time under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 is taken also to be a national road vehicle standard determined under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 .
Note: See also item 2 of Schedule 3 in relation to the national road vehicle standards after the repeal of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 .