Part 4Vehicle identification

Part 4—Vehicle identification 44—Vehicle identification plates and numbers (section 110C of Act) (1) For the purposes of section 110C(8) of the Act, a vehicle identification plate or plate bearing a vehicle identification number on a motor vehicle or trailer may be removed only— (a) if it is essential to do so in order to effect necessary repairs to the vehicle or trailer and the plate is put back in the same place on the vehicle as soon as is practicable; or (b) with the approval of an authorised officer. (2) An authorised officer may issue a South Australian State identification plate to replace the vehicle identification plate for a motor vehicle or trailer, and may approve its placement on the vehicle or trailer, if the vehicle identification plate has been destroyed, removed from the vehicle or trailer or damaged and, in the opinion of the authorised officer, it is appropriate that a replacement plate be issued and placed on the vehicle or trailer. (3) An authorised officer may allot a number for placement on a motor vehicle or trailer as the vehicle identification number for the vehicle or trailer, and may approve its placement on the vehicle or trailer, if the previous vehicle identification number for the vehicle or trailer has been altered, defaced or obliterated and it is, in the opinion of the authorised officer, appropriate that a replacement number be allotted and placed on the vehicle or trailer. (4) An authorised officer may allot a number for placement on the engine block of a motor vehicle as the engine number for the vehicle's engine, and may approve its placement on the engine block, if the previous engine number for the engine has been altered, defaced or obliterated and it is, in the opinion of the authorised officer, appropriate that a replacement number be allotted and placed on the engine block. (5) A plate or number removed from a motor vehicle or trailer by an authorised officer under section 110C(7) of the Act must be destroyed by the authorised officer.