111Duties and offences relating to written-off vehicle label

111 Duties and offences relating to written-off vehicle label

(1)  If an insurer, loss assessor, dealer, auto-parts dismantler or auction house assesses a vehicle as a total loss, that person must affix an appropriate written-off vehicle label to that vehicle –

(a) in the manner determined by the Registrar under regulation 110(3) ; and

(b) before notifying the Registrar of that assessment as required by regulation 109 ; and

(c) before that vehicle or any part of that vehicle is sold or otherwise disposed of.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a first offence, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units; and

(b) a second or subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding 40 penalty units.

(2)  Subregulation (1) does not apply to an insurer, loss assessor, dealer, auto-parts dismantler or auction house if an appropriate written-off vehicle label has already been affixed to the vehicle, in accordance with these regulations, by another such person.

(3)  A person must not –

(a) affix to a vehicle a written-off vehicle label if that vehicle has not been assessed as a total loss; or

(b) alter or deface a written-off vehicle label affixed to a vehicle; or

(c) clear or remove a written-off vehicle label affixed to a vehicle except where authorised to do so under regulation 113 or 114 .

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a first offence, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units; and

(b) a second or subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding 40 penalty units.