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Road Transport (General) Regulation 2000
25Statutory write-offs—duty to attach notice
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25 Statutory write-offs—duty to attach notice
(1) A designated person for a notifiable vehicle commits an offence if—
(a) the vehicle is a statutory write-off; and
(b) the vehicle does not have a complying statutory write-off notice;
and
(c) the person fails to attach a complying statutory write-off notice
to the vehicle within the compliance period.
(3) In this section:
compliance period means—
(a) for a motor wrecker—before the motor wrecker disposes of the
part or parts of the vehicle on which the vehicle identifier is
located but, in any event, within 7 days after the day the motor
wrecker begins to demolish or dismantle the vehicle; or
(b) in any other case—before the designated person disposes of the
vehicle but, in any event, within 7 days after the day the person
makes the decision to write off the vehicle.
complying statutory write-off notice means a statutory write-off
notice that is—
(a) for a motor vehicle (other than a motorbike)—attached securely
to the vehicle in a conspicuous position as close as practicable
to the vehicle identifier for the vehicle; or
(b) for a motorbike—attached securely to the motorbike’s frame in
a conspicuous position as close as practicable to the vehicle
identifier for the motorbike; or
(c) for a trailer—attached securely to the trailer’s frame in a
conspicuous position and, if the trailer has a vehicle identifier,
as close as practicable to the identifier.