Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Road Safety Act 1986 - SECT 16D

Register of written-off vehicles

16D. Register of written-off vehicles



(1) The Corporation must maintain a register of written-off vehicles in
accordance with the regulations.

(2) Entries on the register of written-off vehicles may be made, amended and
removed only in accordance with the regulations.

(2A) In entering a vehicle on the register of written-off vehicles, the
Corporation is entitled to rely on a determination made by an insurer or
self-insurer under section 16C(1)(b) that a written-off vehicle is a statutory
write-off or a repairable write-off and is not required to make any enquiries
of its own in relation to the matter before entering the vehicle on the
register as such.

(3) The Corporation must ensure that a person who notifies the Corporation of
a written-off vehicle, or who applies for an entry on the register of
written-off vehicles to be amended or removed, is informed at the time of
notification or application (as the case requires) that any information given
or document submitted in connection with the notification or application, or a
copy of such a document, may be disclosed or used for investigation, law
enforcement and other purposes in accordance with section 92.

(4) If-

   (a)  a vehicle is entered on the register of written-off vehicles as a
        repairable write-off; and

   (b)  a member of the police force authorised by the Chief Commissioner of
        Police for the purposes of this subsection notifies the Corporation in
        writing that the entry of the vehicle on the register should be as a
        statutory write-off-

the Corporation must amend the entry accordingly.