84Registration of written-off light vehicles

#### 84 Registration of written-off light vehicles 84 Registration of written-off light vehicles (cf VR Act, s 16C) > > (1) Transport for NSW must not register, renew or transfer the registration of any light 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 statutory written-off light vehicle or an interstate written-off light vehicle. > > > (2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if the vehicle is the subject of an authorisation to repair and— > > > > > (a) the application for registration is accompanied by a light vehicle certificate of compliance in relation to the vehicle, or > > > > > (b) Transport for NSW is satisfied that the vehicle is of a class exempt by the statutory rules from the obligation to be the subject of a light vehicle certificate of compliance. > > > (3) If Transport for NSW cancels the registration of a light vehicle under this section, Transport for NSW must immediately notify the registered operator of the vehicle of the cancellation. > > > (4) 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 light 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. > > > (5) Transport for NSW must not register, renew or transfer the registration of a light vehicle if to do so would breach a condition imposed by Transport for NSW on an authorisation to repair. > > > (6) In this section— > > > > interstate written-off light vehicle means a light vehicle recorded on a register of written-off vehicles (however described) of another jurisdiction as— > > > > > (a) a statutory written-off light vehicle or similar (being a light 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 light vehicle or similar (being a light 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 84:** Am 2017 No 10, Sch 5.11 \[4\]; 2017 No 61, Sch 1.3 \[4\] \[6\] \[7\].