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

If an insurer, loss assessor, dealer, auto-parts dismantler or auction house assesses a vehicle as a total loss, that person must affix an appropriate written-off vehicle label to that vehicle – in the manner determined by the Registrar under regulation 110(3); and before notifying the Registrar of that assessment as required by regulation 109; and before that vehicle or any part of that vehicle is sold or otherwise disposed of. 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.

Subregulation (1) does not apply to an insurer, loss assessor, dealer, auto-parts dismantler or auction house if an appropriate written-off vehicle label has already been affixed to the vehicle, in accordance with these regulations, by another such person.

A person must not – affix to a vehicle a written-off vehicle label if that vehicle has not been assessed as a total loss; or alter or deface a written-off vehicle label affixed to a vehicle; or clear or remove a written-off vehicle label affixed to a vehicle except where authorised to do so under regulation 113 or 114. 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.