Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT REGULATIONS 1986 - REG 12

                Where an approved insurer in respect of a State other than the State of Victoria or a Territory has issued, or is to be deemed under this Division to have issued, a third‑party policy in respect of the use of a motor vehicle or trailer:

                (a)    the approved insurer; and

               (b)    the owner and the driver of the motor vehicle or trailer;

have, by force of this regulation, with respect to any claim for damages in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to, any person caused by or arising out of the use of the motor vehicle `or trailer, the same rights, remedies, obligations and liabilities as they would have under the law of that State or Territory if:

                (c)    the motor vehicle or trailer had been registered under a law of that State or Territory making provision for the registration of vehicles; and

               (d)    the approved insurer had been authorised under a law of the State or Territory to issue, and had issued, in respect of the motor vehicle or trailer, a policy, or contract, of insurance that complies with the requirements of that law.