Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2021

If an insurer, loss assessor, dealer, auto-parts dismantler or auction house assesses, in the course of business, an affected vehicle as a total loss, that person must notify the Registrar of that assessment – within 7 days after making the assessment; or if the vehicle or any part of the vehicle is sold or otherwise disposed of before the end of that 7-day period, before selling or otherwise disposing of the vehicle or that part. In the case of – a first offence, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units; and a second or subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding 40 penalty units.

If an entry in respect of the affected vehicle exists in the written-off vehicles register, subregulation (1) applies even if the affected vehicle is situated outside Tasmania when the assessment that it is a total loss is made.

A notification under subregulation (1) is to be in an approved form and contain the following information:the registration number of the vehicle, if any; the VIN of the vehicle, or if there is no VIN for the vehicle, the vehicle identifier of the vehicle; the make of the vehicle; whether the vehicle is a motor car, motor bike or trailer; whether the damage to the vehicle is caused by hail, water, impact, fire or stripping; the location and severity of the damage to the vehicle, described by reference to codes or terms as approved by the Registrar from time to time; the date on which the vehicle is assessed as a total loss; the name and address of the insurer, loss assessor, dealer, auto-parts dismantler or auction house making the notification; whether the vehicle is a statutory write-off or a repairable write-off; the date on which the written-off vehicle label was affixed to the vehicle; such other information as the Registrar requires.

An insurer, loss assessor, dealer, auto-parts dismantler or auction house is not required to provide a notification under subregulation (1) in respect of the assessment of an affected vehicle as a total loss if such a notification has already been provided by another of those persons.