Damage to the longitudinal structural rails or chassis

Current

(1)

For the purposes of this Schedule, the longitudinal structural rails or chassis do not include a deformable end plate that has been designed to be removed and replaced.

(2)

A longitudinal structural rail or chassis of a vehicle has excessive damage if it has been loaded so that an individual structural or member element—

(a)

has been structurally—

(i)

fractured; or

(ii)

cut; or

(iii)

cracked; or

(iv)

buckled; or

(b)

is folded over onto itself.

(3)

If both longitudinal rails of a vehicle are damaged to the extent that they both require Original Equipment Manufacture replacement, that damage must be counted as excessive damage to three areas.

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10 Damage to the longitudinal structural rails or chassis