Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1986 No. 291 INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT REGULATIONS - REG 40

40. (1) Where an authorised person has fitted a vehicle with a charge
monitoring device, the authorised person shall, on being satisfied that the
charge monitoring device is in working order, issue in duplicate a certificate
to the effect that the device was fitted to the vehicle by the authorised
person and that the device is in working order, specifying-

   (a)  the name and authorisation number of the authorised person;

   (b)  the date on which the device was fitted to the vehicle;

   (c)  the brand, type or designation number, and serial number, of the
        device;

   (d)  whether the vehicle to which the device is fitted is a motor vehicle
        or a trailer;

   (e)  the registration number, and the name of the owner, of the vehicle to
        which the device is fitted;

   (f)  in the case of a device designed to record distances-the tyre size for
        which the device is calibrated;

   (g)  in the case of a device other than a device referred to in paragraph
        (f)-the conversion factor to be used to ascertain the distances
        travelled in a forward direction by the vehicle to which it is fitted;
        and

   (h)  the period for which the certificate is current.

(2) A certificate issued under sub-regulation (1) in respect of a charge
monitoring device fitted to a vehicle is current-

   (a)  except where paragraph (b) applies-for a period of 3 years; or

   (b)  if the charge monitoring device is of a kind in respect of which the
        certificate issued under sub-regulation 36 (1) contains a declaration
        that specifies a shorter period-for a period equal to that shorter
        period, commencing on the day on which the device was fitted to the
        vehicle.