> **PROPOSED: not yet in effect** · 2027-01-01
> Initial ingestion

_Regulation · Safety standard · proposed_

# Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027

Canonical ID: `cfa2a99e-859b-4381-88d8-8458f1c23b7e`

- **Jurisdiction:** [Australia](/locations/australia.md) (id: `0001cb7c-b5db-4b49-8051-916c482254c7`)
- **Kind:** `safety_standard`
- **Status (derived):** proposed
- **Effective:** 2027-01-01

Australia’s National Transport Commission is developing the Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL) to regulate safety of automated vehicles. Transport Ministers agreed in November 2025 to allow conditional deployment of automated vehicles from 2027 in selected locations, with full national rollout planned. Australia also mandating lane-keep assist on new vehicles from 2029.

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure-transport-vehicles/transport-strategy-policy/office-future-transport-technology/automated-vehicles · 2025-11-01

## Status history

- **proposed** · 2027-01-01 · agent-recon
    - Initial ingestion

## Common questions

### What does Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027 cover?

Australia’s National Transport Commission is developing the Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL) to regulate safety of automated vehicles. Transport Ministers agreed in November 2025 to allow conditional deployment of automated vehicles from 2027 in selected locations, with full national rollout planned. Australia also mandating lane-keep assist on new vehicles from 2029.

### Where does Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027 apply?

Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027 is recorded as a safety_standard applying in Australia on the DEPLOY registry.

### When did Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027 take effect?

Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027 is recorded as effective January 1, 2027 on the DEPLOY registry.

### Is Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027 still in effect?

Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027 is proposed but not yet in effect; subject to revision before adoption.

### What types of robots does Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027 apply to?

Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027 is recorded as applying to autonomous vehicles, truck on the DEPLOY registry.

### Which robot models on the DEPLOY registry fall under Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027?

8 robot models on the DEPLOY registry match the form-factor scope of Australia Automated Vehicle Safety Law (AVSL): Conditional AV Deployment from 2027: 789D AHS, 930E AHS, ARC (Autonomous Relay Convoy), Apollo RT6 and 4 others. Form-factor scope match does not by itself establish compliance status; review the underlying primary sources for each operator.


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