Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A person must not,
without the approval of the Director General, alter a car or a derivative of a
car from —
(a) the
manufacturer’s specifications; or
(b) its
form when it was first licensed, in regard to any part of its construction,
equipment or fittings that was effected, manufactured or constructed in
accordance with an ADR by making an alteration referred to in the Table to
this subregulation.
Penalty: 16 PU.
Modified penalty: 2 PU.
Table of alterations requiring approval
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Alteration | |
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1. |
Fitting an engine of greater displacement volume than an engine that was
available as an option for the vehicle with the same braking system. |
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2. |
Making modifications to braking systems which include the fitting of smaller
diameter brake drums, or narrower brake drums or brake shoes which reduce the
swept area of braking surface or which reduce the weight of the brake drum or
disc. |
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3. |
Fitting any wheel rim with more than a single weld around the circumference,
or which does not conform to one of the dimensional standards for wheel rims
set down in the Tyre and Rim Standards Manual issued by the Tyre and Rim
Association. |
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4. |
Widening the wheel track of front or rear wheels by more than 25 mm
beyond the maximum specified by the vehicle manufacturer. |
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5. |
Fitting spacers between wheels and hubs additional to any provided by the
vehicle manufacturer. |
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6. |
Fitting wheel nuts which do not engage the thread of the wheel studs for at
least the same length as the nuts provided by the vehicle manufacturer, or
wheel nuts which do not match with the taper on the wheel. |
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7. |
Fitting tyres other than those appropriate to the wheel rim as specified in
the Tyre and Rim Standards Manual issued by the Tyre and Rim Association.
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8. |
Making modifications to an axle, axles or suspension which reduces the
available suspension travel from static conditions to full bump position to
less than two-thirds of that provided by the vehicle manufacturer. |
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9. |
Making modifications to an axle, axles or suspension such that any part of the
vehicle other than the tyre or rim will contact a road surface in the case of
the deflation of any tyre. |
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10. |
Welding or heating any axle, stub axle, steering arm or steering knuckle
support. |
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11. |
Lengthening or shortening the chassis frame, or the body structure in the case
of a vehicle of mono (chassis-less) construction. |
(2) A person must not,
without the approval of the Director General, alter a motor vehicle or trailer
not being a car or a derivative of a car from —
(a) the
manufacturer’s specifications; or
(b) its
form when it was first licensed, in regard to chassis, frame, wheels,
suspension, steering, brakes, axles, engine, body structure or exhaust system.
Penalty: 16 PU.
Modified penalty: 2 PU.
(3) Where the Director
General approves of any modifications under subregulation (1) or (2), a
vehicle modification permit is to be issued by the Director General, upon
receipt by the Director General of the relevant fee prescribed in the
Road Traffic (Charges and Fees) Regulations 2006 .
(4) A person must not
change or alter the body or equipment of a motor vehicle in such a way as
adversely to affect the safe operation of the vehicle.
Penalty: 16 PU.
Modified penalty: 2 PU.
(5) A responsible
person for a licensed vehicle must, whenever an alteration is made to the
vehicle or its equipment affecting the accuracy of any particulars of the
description in the licence, give notification of the alteration to the
Director General as soon as practicable after the alteration is made.
Penalty: 16 PU.
Modified penalty: 2 PU.
(6) A person must not,
without the approval of the Director General, remove from a vehicle, deface or
modify a plate referred to in rule 178 of the Vehicle Standards.
Penalty: 16 PU.
Modified penalty: 2 PU.
(7) In this
regulation —
derivative of a car means a motor vehicle of the
same make as a factory produced car and in which the forward part of the body
form and the greater part of the mechanical equipment are the same as those in
the car.
[Regulation 69 amended in Gazette
3 Jan 2003 p. 8; 20 May 2003 p. 1807;
28 May 2004 p. 1842; 27 May 2005 p. 2315;
23 Dec 2005 p. 6283; 26 May 2006 p. 1884;
28 Nov 2006 p. 4896.]