Western Australian Current Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2014 - REG 146

146 .         Terms used

                In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears —

        assessor , in relation to a vehicle, means —

            (a)         the insurer (if any) of the vehicle; or

            (b)         an insurer, dealer or wrecker who has possession or control of the vehicle and who is in a position to assess whether the vehicle is a write‑off;

        dealer means a person —

            (a)         who carries on any class or description of business that is prescribed in the Motor Vehicle Dealers (Licensing) Regulations 1974 regulation 8; or

            (b)         who carries on the business of hiring vehicles, if the right to buy the vehicle is not included in that hiring; or

            (c)         whose ordinary business is not that of buying or selling vehicles but who carries on or acts in that business only for one or more of these purposes —

                  (i)         for the purpose of the hiring, under a hire‑purchase agreement, of the vehicle bought or sold;

                  (ii)         for the purpose of effectuating a security over the vehicle bought or sold;

                  (iii)         for the purpose of the hiring, if the right to buy the vehicle is not included in that hiring, of the vehicle bought or sold;

                  (iv)         for the purpose of disposing of a vehicle acquired by the person in connection with a purpose mentioned in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii);

        insurer , in relation to a vehicle, means —

            (a)         a person who insures the vehicle in the course of carrying on a business of insurance; or

            (b)         if the vehicle is owned by a corporation and is not insured — the corporation;

        notifiable , in relation to a vehicle, means notifiable under regulation 149;

        repair , in relation to a vehicle, means to repair the vehicle as much as is necessary for the vehicle to comply with the standards and requirements set out in regulations 171 to  178 and Part 10 that apply to that kind of vehicle;

        total loss , in relation to a vehicle, has the meaning given in regulation 147;

        wrecker means a person who carries on the business of —

            (a)         destroying or dismantling vehicles, parts of vehicles or vehicle accessories; or

            (b)         buying and selling vehicles (including substantially destroyed or dismantled vehicles), parts of vehicles or vehicle accessories;

        written‑off , in relation to a vehicle, has the meaning given in regulation 148.