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ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 55 Definitions

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 55

Definitions

55 Definitions

(cf Traffic Act, s 10ZD)

(1) In this Division:

"auto-dismantler" has the same meaning as it has in the Motor Dealers Act 1974 and includes any other person, or class of persons, declared to be an auto-dismantler by the regulations under this Act.

"dealer" has the same meaning as it has in the Motor Dealers Act 1974 and includes any other person, or class of persons, declared to be a dealer by the regulations under this Act.

"insurer" means a person who carries on the business of insuring motor vehicles and includes any other person, or class of persons, declared to be an insurer by the regulations.

"late model motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is not more than 15 years old (age being determined from the date of manufacture) or, if the regulations prescribe a different age, not more than the age so prescribed.

"motor vehicle" includes a trailer.

"register" means the register of written off and wrecked motor vehicles kept by the Authority under this Division.

"vehicle identifier", in relation to a motor vehicle, means:
(a) in the case of a motor vehicle manufactured before 1 January 1989, the number quoted on the compliance plate that uniquely identifies the vehicle and sets it apart from similar vehicles and that corresponds to the identification number of the vehicle that is permanently recorded elsewhere on the vehicle, or
(b) in any other case, the unique vehicle identification number (or "VIN") allocated to the motor vehicle in accordance with the International Standards Organisation's vehicle identification system required under an Australian Design Rule adopted by the regulations.
"wrecked" --see section 56.

"written off" --see section 57.
(2) A reference in this Division to a person who carries on a business excludes a person who carries on such a business only as an employee.