[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR573.4]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 573_DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPORTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  573.4  Definitions.

    For purposes of this part:
    Act means 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301.
    Administrator means the Administrator of the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration or his delegate.
    First purchaser means first purchaser for purposes other than 
resale.
    Leased motor vehicle means any motor vehicle that is leased to a 
person for a term of at least four months by a lessor who has leased 
five or more vehicles in the twelve months preceding the date of 
notification by the vehicle manufacturer of the existence of a safety-
related defect or noncompliance with a Federal motor vehicle safety 
standard in the motor vehicle.
    Lessee means a person who is the lessee of a leased motor vehicle as 
defined in this section.
    Lessor means a person or entity that is the owner, as reflected on 
the vehicle's title, of any five or more leased vehicles (as defined in 
this section), as of the date of notification by the manufacturer of the 
existence of a safety-related defect or noncompliance with a Federal 
motor vehicle safety standard in one or more of the leased motor 
vehicles.
    Original equipment means an item of motor vehicle equipment (other 
than a tire) that was installed in or on a motor vehicle at the time of 
its delivery to the first purchaser if the item of equipment was 
installed on or in the motor vehicle at the time of its delivery to a 
dealer or distributor for distribution, or was installed by the dealer 
or distributor with the express authorizations of the motor vehicle 
manufacturer.
    Readable form means a form readable by the unassisted eye or 
readable by machine. If readable by machine, the submitting party must 
obtain written confirmation from the Office of Defects Investigation 
immediately prior to submission that the machine is readily available to 
NHTSA. For all similar information responses, once a manufacturer has 
obtained approval for the original response in that form, it will not 
have to obtain approval for future submissions in the same form. In 
addition, all coded information must be accompanied by an explanation of 
the codes used.
    Replacement equipment means motor vehicle equipment other than 
original equipment as defined in this section, and tires.

[43 FR 60169, Dec. 26, 1978, as amended at 60 FR 17268, Apr. 5, 1995; 67 
FR 45872, July 10, 2002]