6Limit of acceptable damage or corrosion

6 Limit of acceptable damage or corrosion

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the following do not prevent the holder of an AVV approval from verifying a road vehicle, or modifications of a road vehicle, under the approval: (a) one or more dents on the vehicle structure, or a structural component of the vehicle, of 25 millimetres or less in depth; (b) distortion of a structural component of the vehicle, or distortion of the vehicle structure, where the difference in the length of corresponding diagonal lines, as ascertained through a body alignment test, is 10 millimetres or less; (c) damage to or corrosion of a structural component of the vehicle, or of the vehicle structure, where: (i) the damage or corrosion has been repaired by replacing damaged or corroded structural components with new components of the original specification; and (ii) the repairs did not involve the cutting or welding of a structural component, or of the vehicle structure; (d) variations in the gaps between panels greater than 5 millimetres, where: (i) the variations are not the result of damage to the vehicle structure; and (ii) if a body alignment test has not been conducted on the vehicle—a body alignment test would not be required under the Road Vehicle Standards (Verification of Road Vehicles) Determination 2021 by reason of the variations; and (iii) if a body alignment test has been conducted on the vehicle—the difference in the length of corresponding diagonal lines, as ascertained through the test, is 5 millimetres or less; (e) corrosion that has not resulted in flaking or pitting; (f) alterations that amount to damage to a structural component of the vehicle, where: (i) the alterations did not involve bending, distorting, heating the metal of, or drilling or cutting holes in, the structural component; or (ii) the alterations consisted of modifications carried out in accordance with an approved Model Report that applied to the vehicle.

Note: Example 1: For paragraph (1)(e)—a vehicle has surface rust that has not resulted in flaking or pitting. This would not prevent the holder of an AVV approval from verifying the vehicle.

Note: Example 2: For paragraph (1)(f)—alterations have been made to a structural component of a vehicle. Those alterations amounted to damage to the component. However, the alterations did not involve bending, distorting, heating the metal of, or drilling or cutting holes in, the component. This would not prevent the holder of an AVV approval from verifying the vehicle, even though the modifications were not carried out in accordance with an approved Model Report that applied to the vehicle.

Note: Example 3: For paragraph (1)(f)—a vehicle has been subjected to alterations that involved drilling holes in a structural component. Those alterations amounted to damage to the component. However, the alterations consisted of modifications carried out in accordance with an approved Model Report that applied to the vehicle. This would not prevent the holder of an AVV approval from verifying the vehicle.