24Odometer requirements

24 Odometer requirements

24 Odometer requirements

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 396 of the Law.

(2) If an odometer (an original odometer) was fitted to a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle at the time of the vehicle’s manufacture, the owner—

(a) must have an odometer (whether the original or another odometer) fitted to the vehicle that complies with subsection (3); and

(b) must maintain the odometer as stated in subsection (4).

(3) The odometer must have a display that shows the cumulative distance travelled by the vehicle since—

(a) the odometer was fitted; or

(b) a necessary repair was carried out on the odometer that resulted in a change to the distance shown on the display; or

(c) the odometer display reached the limit of the distance able to be displayed and reset to zero.

(4) The owner must maintain the odometer to a standard where the display shows the distance travelled to an accuracy of ±10%.