Victoria's Vehicle Roadworthiness System

Government Response

Report of the Road Safety Committee

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Table of Contents

Chairman's Preface

Executive Summary

Recommendations

Committee Functions and Membership

Terms of Reference

Definitions and Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Victoria's Vehicle Roadworthiness System

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Victorian statistics

1.3 Serious injury crashes

1.4 Comparisons with other States and New Zealand

1.5 Summary and conclusions

Chapter 2 The Current Roadworthiness System

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Legislative requirements

2.3 The Certificate of Roadworthiness and inspections

2.4 The Certificate of Roadworthiness test

2.5 Licensed Vehicle Tester Scheme

2.6 Introduction of electronic data collection and transfer systems

2.7 Application and interpretation of Vehicle Standards

2.8 Alternative testing schemes

2.9 Accreditation schemes

2.10 Measures of effectiveness

2.11 Estimated cost of the roadworthiness system

2.12 Liability issues

2.13 Summary and conclusions

Chapter 3 Maintaining Vehicle Roadworthiness

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Review of the Certificate of Roadworthiness

3.3 Composition of the 'Certificate of Vehicle Inspection' test

3.4 Roadworthiness of vehicles sold at public auctions

3.5 Compulsory periodic testing

3.6 Do compulsory testing schemes work?

3.7 Cost of a compulsory periodic testing scheme

3.8 Vehicle Age

3.9 Alternative compliance

3.10 Transfer of registration

3.11 Accredited periodic inspection

3.12 Summary and conclusions

3.13 Primary findings

Chapter 4 Education and Enforcement

4.1 Introduction

4.3 Enforcement

4.4 Defect notices and penalties

4.5 Summary and conclusions

Appendix One

Appendix Two - List of Submissions

Appendix Three - List of Witnesses

Government Response to the Report of the Road Safety Committee

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