Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Upon an
application to license a motor vehicle under these regulations, the Director
General shall not grant the licence —
(a)
unless a clear and legible identification mark consisting of numerals or
letters, or a combination of numerals and letters, is stamped on the engine of
the vehicle; or
(b) if
the identification mark on the engine of the vehicle has been, or appears to
have been altered, defaced, obliterated or removed.
(2) A responsible
person for, or a person in charge of, a motor vehicle of which the engine or
an engine part, bearing the identification mark, is changed or replaced shall,
within 7 days after the change or replacement, give to the Director
General that licensed the vehicle a notice in writing setting
out —
(a) the
date of the change or replacement of the engine or engine part;
(b) the
make and the registered number of the motor vehicle;
(c) the
name and address of the responsible person for the motor vehicle;
(d) the
identification mark on the engine or engine part so changed or replaced;
(e) the
identification mark (if any) on the engine or engine part substituted for that
changed or replaced; and
(f) the
name and address of the person from whom the substituted engine or engine part
was obtained.
(3) The Director
General may allot an identification mark, where —
(a)
there is no identification mark on the engine of a motor vehicle; or
(b) the
identification mark on the engine has been or appears to have been, altered,
defaced, obliterated or removed,
if it is satisfied
that an identification mark is necessary for identifying the engine of the
motor vehicle.
(4) Where an
identification mark is allotted pursuant to the provisions of
subregulation (3), the identification mark shall be stamped on the engine
of the motor vehicle in such manner and in such position, as the Director
General may direct; and upon the engine being so stamped, the motor vehicle
shall be produced forthwith to the Director General for inspection of the
identification mark.
(5) Unless he has
applied for, and is awaiting the allotment of, an identification mark for the
engine of that motor vehicle, a person shall not use, or permit or suffer any
other person to use, a motor vehicle of which —
(a) the
engine is not stamped with a clear and legible identification mark consisting
of numerals or letters, or a combination of numerals and letters; or
(b) the
identification on the engine has been, or appears to have been, altered,
defaced, obliterated or removed.
(6) Except with the
approval, in writing, of the Director General, a person shall
not —
(a)
alter, deface, obliterate or remove an identification mark from the engine of
a motor vehicle; or
(b)
stamp on or affix to the engine of a motor vehicle any mark, number or letter
purporting or intended to be, or that is a colourable imitation of, an
identification mark of that engine.
[Regulation 28 amended in Gazette
2 Feb 1982 p. 402-3; 31 Jan 1997 p. 683-4;
23 Dec 2005 p. 6284-5.]