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Federated Chamber of Automotive Industries Supports modernising and strengthening the legislation. Supports harmonisation with UN standards, supports streamlining of certification to accept UN type approvals. Opposes personal importation, key concerns include consumer protection, community protection (safety and environmental standard of vehicles) as well as vehicle fit for purpose. Supports imposing a more intensive certification, compliance and auditing regime for higher-risk concession scheme arrangements. Truck Industry Council Supports legislative to the Act to prevent individual state regulations and to improve recognition of other Government legislative instruments. Supports maintaining current Australian Design Rule practice. Full harmonisation with UN regulations is not possible for Australian heavy vehicles. Opposes reducing the barriers to personal importation of vehicles. Key concerns include consumer protection, community protection and commercial (time off road for hard to service vehicles). Supports the proposal to group all compliance/certification schemes by risk category.