104CRegistration of written-off heavy vehicles

#### 104C Registration of written-off heavy vehicles 104C Registration of written-off heavy vehicles > > (1) Transport for NSW must not register, renew or transfer the registration of any heavy vehicle (or if the vehicle is registered, Transport for NSW must cancel the registration of the vehicle) if its vehicle identifier is the same as the vehicle identifier of— > > > > > (a) a statutory written-off heavy vehicle or an interstate written-off heavy vehicle, or > > > > > (b) a written-off heavy vehicle that Transport for NSW reasonably believes has suffered damage of a type specified in the statutory write-off assessment criteria. > > > (2) If Transport for NSW cancels the registration of a heavy vehicle under this section, Transport for NSW must immediately notify the registered operator of the vehicle of the cancellation. > > > (3) Despite section 2.8 of the [Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2017-010) and section 14(3) of the [Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-041), a third-party policy (within the meaning of those Acts) is not cancelled immediately upon cancellation of registration of a heavy vehicle under this section and continues to have effect until the day on which the registered operator of the vehicle is given notice of the cancellation of registration. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > interstate written-off heavy vehicle means a heavy vehicle recorded on a register of written-off vehicles (however described) of another jurisdiction as— > > > > > (a) a statutory written-off heavy vehicle or similar (being a heavy vehicle that is not permitted to be registered in that jurisdiction by the vehicle registration authority of that jurisdiction), or > > > > > (b) a repairable written-off heavy vehicle or similar (being a heavy vehicle that may in certain circumstances be registered in that jurisdiction), but only if that vehicle has not been registered in Australia since being so recorded. > > **s 104C:** Ins 2017 No 61, Sch 1.3 \[14\]. Am 2019 No 21, Sch 2.1\[17\].