sec.151Obligation of registered operators and owners of unregistered vehicles to give chief executive notifiable information for written-off vehicles

sec.151 Obligation of registered operators and owners of unregistered vehicles to give chief executive notifiable information for written-off vehicles

This section applies if— a person, other than a self-insurer, proposes to sell or otherwise dispose of a notifiable vehicle, or a part of a notifiable vehicle that has an identifying number; and the vehicle is a total loss; and either— the person is the registered operator of the vehicle; or all of the following apply— the vehicle is an unregistered vehicle; the person is the owner of the vehicle; the vehicle is in Queensland. The person must give the chief executive the notifiable information for the vehicle, other than whether the vehicle is a repairable write-off or a statutory write-off, before the earlier of the following happens— the person sells or otherwise disposes of the vehicle; the person sells or otherwise disposes of any part of the vehicle that has a chassis number or VIN. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. See part 9 , division 3 for requirements for particular customer communications. However, the person need not give the chief executive the notifiable information if someone else has already given the information to the chief executive. On receiving notifiable information under subsection (2) , the chief executive is taken to have been notified that the vehicle is a repairable write-off unless— someone else has already given notifiable information for the vehicle to the chief executive; and the notifiable information indicates the vehicle is a statutory write-off. (sec.151-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person, other than a self-insurer, proposes to sell or otherwise dispose of a notifiable vehicle, or a part of a notifiable vehicle that has an identifying number; and the vehicle is a total loss; and either— the person is the registered operator of the vehicle; or all of the following apply— the vehicle is an unregistered vehicle; the person is the owner of the vehicle; the vehicle is in Queensland. (sec.151-ssec.2) The person must give the chief executive the notifiable information for the vehicle, other than whether the vehicle is a repairable write-off or a statutory write-off, before the earlier of the following happens— the person sells or otherwise disposes of the vehicle; the person sells or otherwise disposes of any part of the vehicle that has a chassis number or VIN. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. See part 9 , division 3 for requirements for particular customer communications. (sec.151-ssec.3) However, the person need not give the chief executive the notifiable information if someone else has already given the information to the chief executive. (sec.151-ssec.4) On receiving notifiable information under subsection (2) , the chief executive is taken to have been notified that the vehicle is a repairable write-off unless— someone else has already given notifiable information for the vehicle to the chief executive; and the notifiable information indicates the vehicle is a statutory write-off.