Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Written-off Vehicles) Regulations 2013 (Vic)

Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Written-off Vehicles) Regulations 2013

S.R. No. 176/2013

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4Principal Regulations

5New regulation 93A inserted

93ARegister of written-off vehicles

6Disclosure of information on the register of written-off vehicles

96Certified extract of information from the register of written-off vehicles

7New regulation 97A

97ARegister and renewal of registration of repairable
write-off where cosmetic hail damage only

8Cancellation of registration of written-off vehicles

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STATUTORY RULES 2013

S.R. No. 176/2013

Road Safety Act 1986

Road Safety (Vehicles) Amendment (Written-off Vehicles) Regulations 2013

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 17 December 2013

Responsible Minister:

TERRY MULDER
Minister for Roads

YVETTE CARISBROOKE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009—

(a)to prescribe the class of vehicles to be included on the register of written-off vehicles; and

(b)to prescribe the information that may be obtained in a certified extract from the register of written-off vehicles; and

(c)to specify the circumstances in which vehicles that are repairable write-offs due to cosmetic hail damage may be registered.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 95 of the Road Safety Act 1986.

3Commencement

(1)These Regulations (except regulation 5 and regulation 6) come into operation on the day on which they are made.

(2)Regulation 5 comes into operation on the day on which section 17 of the Road Legislation Amendment (Use and Disclosure of Information and Other Matters) Act 2013 comes into operation.

(3)Regulation 6 comes into operation on the day on which Part 2 of the Road Legislation Amendment (Use and Disclosure of Information and Other Matters) Act 2013 comes into operation.

4Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

5New regulation 93A inserted

After regulation 93 of the Principal Regulations insert—

"93A   Register of written-off vehicles

For the purposes of section 16D(1) of the Act, the vehicles that must be included on the register of written-off vehicles are light motor vehicles that are not more than 15 years old at the date that a determination is made under section 16C(1)(b) of the Act.".

6Disclosure of information on the register of written-off vehicles

For regulation 96 of the Principal Regulations substitute—

"96   Certified extract of information from the register of written-off vehicles

On payment of the appropriate fee, a person may obtain a certified extract of the following information that has been entered on, or derived from, the register of written-off vehicles—

(a)the date of the most recent determination under section 16C(1)(b) of the Act in relation to a vehicle; and

(b)any information entered in, or derived from, the register of written-off vehicles that relates to the nature or extent of damage to any vehicle; and

(c)a description of the type of write-off applicable to a vehicle entered on the register.".

7New regulation 97A

After regulation 97 of the Principal Regulations insert—

"97A   Register and renewal of registration of repairable write-off where cosmetic hail damage only

(1)This regulation applies to a vehicle that has a vehicle identifier that is the same as the vehicle identifier of a vehicle that is entered on the register of written-off vehicles as a repairable write-off due to the vehicle having sustained only cosmetic damage as a result of the direct impact of hail stones.

(2)Despite regulation 97, the Corporation may register a vehicle to which this regulation applies if all the requirements of these Regulations for registration have been satisfied in relation to that vehicle.".

8Cancellation of registration of written-off vehicles

After regulation 119(1) of the Principal Regulations insert—

"(1A)Despite subregulation (1), the Corporation is not required to cancel the registration of a vehicle to which regulation 97A applies.".

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[1]

Reg. 4: S.R. No. 118/2009.  Reprint No. 1 as at 1 August 2013. 

Reprinted to S.R. No. 87/2013.  Subsequently amended by

S.R. No. 133/2013.