Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 83B

In this division:

"total loss"—see section 83C.

"vehicle identifier" means—

        (a)     for a vehicle manufactured before 1 January 1989—

              (i)     if the vehicle has a chassis or engine number—the number; or

              (ii)     in any other case—any number permanently marked by the vehicle's manufacturer on the vehicle for its identification; or

        (b)     for a vehicle manufactured after 31 December 1988—

              (i)     if the vehicle has a vehicle identification number allocated in accordance with an Australian Design Rule—the number; or

              (ii)     in any other case—any number permanently marked by the vehicle's manufacturer on the vehicle for its identification; or

        (c)     if a number mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) has been replaced by the road transport authority or an entity of another jurisdiction that corresponds to the authority—the replacement number.

"written-off" vehicle means—

        (a)     a vehicle that is assessed by a person prescribed by regulation to be a total loss; or

        (b)     a vehicle that a person prescribed by regulation begins to demolish or dismantle.

"written-off vehicles register" means the written-off vehicles register under section 83D.