Ace wrote:
Sorry to be the party pooper but isn’t there a bigger issue than a traffic fine?
No. LEGISLATION permits it to happen. End of story.
Ace wrote:
What are the legal repercussions if you have an accident with the unregoed trailer in tow and kill someone?
ZERO. An Act of Parliament says that you can do it in the circumstances listed below.
Ace wrote:
I am sure that you are only allowed to take unregoed vehicles/plant to authorized inspection stations or repairers and not to old mates house for a few repairs on the weekend. I have had a bit to do with these things with heavy vehicle fleets.
See G in the legislation quoted below (highlighted in RED), quite clearly you can.
Ace wrote:
This is no different to riding unregoed in the State forests and I know how most of us are against that!
Actually there IS a huge difference. LEGISLATION makes EXEMPTIONS for using an unregistered registerable vehicle on a road or road related area in NSW. “Riding with me mates” is NOT one of the exemptions.
The RELEVANT legislation is reproduced below from HERE
The whole section is quoted so it can be read in context
Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007
Schedule 1 Application of Chapter 4 of Act and Regulation
17 Vehicles being driven to registration and associated places
(1) The registration provisions do not apply to any registrable vehicle while it is being driven for the purpose of obtaining registration of the vehicle by the most direct or convenient route:
(a) to the nearest convenient motor registry, or
(b) to the nearest convenient vehicle inspection station or authorised inspection station to determine whether the registrable vehicle complies with the applicable vehicle standards for that vehicle, or
(c) in the course of inspection or testing of the motor vehicle for the purpose of making the determination referred to in paragraph (b), or
(d) to the nearest practicable weighbridge to determine the weight of the motor vehicle, or
(e) from a motor registry or from a vehicle inspection station or authorised inspection station where registration of the vehicle has been refused for any purpose to the nearest convenient place at which necessary repairs and adjustments to the vehicle may be effected or at which the vehicle may be garaged (except where the condition of the vehicle is such that a direction has been issued that the vehicle must not be driven on a road or road related area before necessary repairs are effected), or
(f) to the nearest convenient office of a licensed insurer within the meaning of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 for the purpose of obtaining third party insurance for the vehicle in accordance with that Act, or
(g) to the nearest convenient location for any other purpose directly associated with the registration process.
