Victorian Consolidated Regulations

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Installation of operations plates and the modification of vehicles

21. Installation of operations plates and the modification of vehicles



(1) The Corporation, or a person the Corporation considers qualified to do so,
may-

   (a)  install an operations plate on; or

   (b)  issue a certificate of approved operations-

for a vehicle that does not comply with the standards for registration.

(2) An operations plate installed on, or a certificate of approved operations
issued for, a vehicle must indicate-

   (a)  any deficiencies in the vehicle's operating characteristics; and

   (b)  any conditions imposed, or to be imposed, by the Corporation on the
        vehicle's registration.

(3) A person who modifies, or adds components to, a vehicle must ensure that-

   (a)  if the vehicle complied with the standards for registration
        immediately before the modification or addition, the vehicle continues
        to comply with those standards; and

   (b)  for a heavy vehicle-

   (i)  the modification or addition is certified by a person appointed as an
        authorised officer under regulation 7 as complying with the National
        Code of Practice for Heavy Vehicle Modification published by the
        Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and
        Local Government as Vehicle Standards Bulletin No. 6; or

   (ii) the modification or alteration is otherwise acceptable to the
        Corporation; and

   (c)  for a light vehicle-

   (i)  the modification or addition is certified by an authorised officer as
        complying with the National Code of Practice for Light Vehicle
        Construction and Modification published by the Department of
        Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
        as Vehicle Standards Bulletin No. 14; or

   (ii) the modification or alteration is otherwise acceptable to the
        Corporation. __________________

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