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#### 64 Modifications to registered light vehicles
64 Modifications to registered light vehicles
(cf 2007 reg cl 55A)
> > (1) A person must not carry out modifications on a registered light vehicle (whether by the addition or removal of components or otherwise) that result in the vehicle failing to comply with the applicable vehicle standards.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (2) A light vehicle, or a modification to a light vehicle, is taken to comply with the applicable vehicle standards for the registered light vehicle if—
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> > > (a) the vehicle complies with TfNSW standard compliance specifications, or
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> > > (b) the vehicle complies with those provisions of Vehicle Standards Bulletin 14 that relate to the way in which the relevant modification is to be undertaken, or
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> > > (c) in the case of a street rod vehicle, the construction and any modification of the vehicle is in accordance with—
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> > > > (i) the National Guidelines for the Construction and Modification of Street Rods in Australia, as published on TfNSW’s website, and
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> > > > (ii) the NSW Supplement to the National Guidelines for the Construction and Modification of Street Rods in Australia, as published on TfNSW’s website.
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> > (3) (Repealed)
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> Note.
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> Section 85 of the [Heavy Vehicle National Law (NSW)](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-42a) makes it an offence for a person to modify (or to use or permit the use on a road of) a heavy vehicle unless the modification has been approved by—
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> > (a) an approved vehicle examiner under section 86 of that Law, or
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> > (b) the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator under section 87 of that Law.
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> **cl 64:** Am 2020 No 30, Sch 4.88\[5\] \[6\]; 2022 (692), Sch 4\[1\].