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Road Safety Act 1986
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8 Damage to the floor pan
(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, the ***floor pan*** of a vehicle—
(a) includes the inner sill panel where the panel attaches to the floor pan;
(b) does not include—
(i) the outer sill rocker (rocker panel); or
(ii) the internal stiffener; or
(iii) the braces between the inner and outer panels.
(2) The floor pan of a vehicle has excessive damage if it has been loaded so that an individual structural element or member—
9 Damage to the firewall
(1) A vehicle has excessive damage to its firewall if the firewall has been loaded so that an individual structural or member element—
10 Damage to the longitudinal structural rails or chassis
(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, the ***longitudinal structural rails*** or ***chassis*** do not include a deformable end plate that has been designed to be removed and replaced.
(2) A longitudinal structural rail or chassis of a vehicle has excessive damage if it has been loaded so that an individual structural or member element—
(3) If both longitudinal rails of a vehicle are damaged to the extent that they both require Original Equipment Manufacture replacement, that damage must be counted as excessive damage to three areas.