3ARepairable and statutory write-offs

### 3A Repairable and statutory write-offs > [*\[Section 3A Inserted by No. 29 of 2002, s. 5, Applied:21 Oct 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-10-21/act-2002-029#GS5@EN) > > > (1)  In this Act – > > > > > ***repairable write-off*** means a vehicle that is not a statutory write-off but has been assessed by a prescribed person in Tasmania, another State or a Territory as a total loss; > > > > [*\[Section 3A Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:20 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-20/act-2013-017#GS4@Hpa@EN) > > > > > [*\[Section 3A Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:20 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-20/act-2013-017#GS4@Hpa@EN) ***statutory write-off*** means a vehicle that – > > > > > > > > (a) has been assessed by a prescribed person in Tasmania, another State or a Territory as a total loss; and > > > > > > > > > (b) has been assessed by a prescribed person in Tasmania, another State or a Territory as only suitable for dismantling and processing as scrap; and > > > > > > > > > (c) has been assessed and classified, or deemed, to be a statutory write-off in accordance with the Technical Guide by a prescribed person in Tasmania, another State or a Territory; > > > > > [*\[Section 3A Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:20 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-20/act-2013-017#GS4@Hpa@EN) ***Technical Guide*** means the *Damage Assessment Criteria for the Classification of Statutory Write-Offs* approved by Austroads Ltd (ABN 16 245 787 323) on 25 May 2011, as amended or substituted from time to time. > > > (2)  [*\[Section 3A Subsection (2) amended by No. 17 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:20 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-20/act-2013-017#GS4@Hpb@EN) Despite [subsection (1)](#GS3A@Gs1@EN) , a vehicle is only a repairable write-off if the vehicle is assessed as a total loss not later than the end of the month which is the fifteenth anniversary of its date of manufacture, within the meaning of the relevant ADR. > > > (3)  [*\[Section 3A Subsection (3) inserted by No. 17 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:20 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-20/act-2013-017#GS4@Hpc@EN) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that if a damaged vehicle has been assessed as a repairable write-off before the commencement of the [Vehicle and Traffic Amendment (Written-off Vehicles) Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-017)  – > > > > > > (a) that assessment continues to have effect after that commencement; and > > > > > > > (b) that vehicle, as so damaged, may not be reassessed as a statutory write-off after that commencement.