Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2021
sec.149Obligation of dealers and auctioneers to report written-off vehicles
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sec.149 Obligation of dealers and auctioneers to report written-off vehicles
This section applies if a person, in the course of the person’s business as a dealer or auctioneer, takes possession of a notifiable vehicle that is a total loss. The person must give the chief executive the notifiable information for the vehicle before the earlier of the following happens— the expiry of 7 days after the person takes possession of the vehicle; the person sells or otherwise disposes of— the vehicle; or any part of the vehicle that has a chassis number or VIN. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. However, the person need not give the chief executive the notifiable information if— the person has searched the register or arranged for the register to be searched; and the search result shows that someone else has already given the notifiable information to the chief executive. In this section— possession includes custody or control. (sec.149-ssec.1) This section applies if a person, in the course of the person’s business as a dealer or auctioneer, takes possession of a notifiable vehicle that is a total loss. (sec.149-ssec.2) The person must give the chief executive the notifiable information for the vehicle before the earlier of the following happens— the expiry of 7 days after the person takes possession of the vehicle; the person sells or otherwise disposes of— the vehicle; or any part of the vehicle that has a chassis number or VIN. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.149-ssec.3) However, the person need not give the chief executive the notifiable information if— the person has searched the register or arranged for the register to be searched; and the search result shows that someone else has already given the notifiable information to the chief executive. (sec.149-ssec.4) In this section— possession includes custody or control.
- (a) the expiry of 7 days after the person takes possession of the vehicle;
- (b) the person sells or otherwise disposes of— (i) the vehicle; or (ii) any part of the vehicle that has a chassis number or VIN.
- (i) the vehicle; or
- (ii) any part of the vehicle that has a chassis number or VIN.
- (i) the vehicle; or
- (ii) any part of the vehicle that has a chassis number or VIN.
- (a) the person has searched the register or arranged for the register to be searched; and
- (b) the search result shows that someone else has already given the notifiable information to the chief executive.