Victorian Consolidated Regulations

2 Reg. 302A(1)(b): S.R. No. 27/1999. Reprint No. 2 as at 15 December 2002. Reprinted to S.R. No. 114/2002. Subsequently amended by S.R. No. 87/2003. - SECT 211

High powered motor vehicles

211. High powered motor vehicles



(1) Subject to subregulation (2), for the purpose of regulation 211A, a high
powered motor vehicle is a motor vehicle (other than a motor cycle or motor
trike) which-

   (a)  has an engine with 8 cylinders or more; or

   (b)  has an engine which is turbocharged or supercharged (other than a
        diesel powered vehicle); or

   (c)  has an engine that has been modified to increase the vehicle's
        performance (other than a modification made by the manufacturer in the
        course of the manufacture of the vehicle); or



   (d)  is declared by the Corporation under subregulation (4)(a) to be a high
        powered motor vehicle for the purposes of this regulation; or

   (e)  has a modification declared by the Corporation under subregulation
        (4)(b) to be a high powered modification.

(2) A high powered motor vehicle does not include a vehicle declared by the
Corporation under subregulation (4)(c) not to be a high powered motor vehicle.

(3) For the purpose of subregulation (1)(b), an engine is turbocharged if a
turbocharger is installed in the vehicle, whether or not it is otherwise
attached to the engine.

(4) For the purpose of this regulation, the Corporation, by notice published
in the Government Gazette, may-

   (a)  declare that a vehicle or class of vehicle is a high powered motor
        vehicle;

   (b)  declare that a modification to a vehicle or type of modification to a
        vehicle is a high powered modification;

   (c)  declare that a vehicle, other than a vehicle with an engine having 8
        cylinders or more, is not a high powered motor vehicle.