64Modifications to registered light vehicles

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.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(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—

(a) the vehicle complies with TfNSW standard compliance specifications, or

(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

(c) in the case of a street rod vehicle, the construction and any modification of the vehicle is in accordance with—

(i) the National Guidelines for the Construction and Modification of Street Rods in Australia, as published on TfNSW’s website, and

(ii) the NSW Supplement to the National Guidelines for the Construction and Modification of Street Rods in Australia, as published on TfNSW’s website.

(3) (Repealed)

Note.

Section 85 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (NSW) 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—

(a) an approved vehicle examiner under section 86 of that Law, or

(b) the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator under section 87 of that Law.

cl 64: Am 2020 No 30, Sch 4.88[5] [6]; 2022 (692), Sch 4[1].