ROAD SAFETY (DRIVERS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 95 OF 2009) - REG 56 Probationary prohibited vehicles
ROAD SAFETY (DRIVERS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 95 OF 2009) - REG 56
Probationary prohibited vehicles(1) Subject to subregulation (2), for the purpose of regulation 57, a probationary prohibited vehicle is a motor vehicle (other than a motor cycle) that—
(a) has an engine with 8 cylinders or more; or
(b) has an engine that 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 probationary prohibited 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 "probationary prohibited vehicle" does not include a vehicle declared by the Corporation under subregulation (4)(c) not to be a probationary prohibited 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 probationary prohibited vehicle; or
(b) declare that a modification to a vehicle or type of modification to a vehicle is a high powered modification; or
(c) declare that a vehicle, other than a vehicle with an engine having 8 cylinders or more, is not a probationary prohibited vehicle.