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TRUCK WOHVR UNDERWAY
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HE NSW GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED
a Written-Off Heavy Vehi-
cles Register (WOHVR) late last year.
At a meeting of the Industry
Government Monitoring Group held on 13 February, it was reported that the sys- tem is working well and over seventy heavy vehicles had already been regis- tered on the WOHVR.
The Register currently will apply to heavy vehicles that are more than 4.5 tonnes including trucks, prime movers, trailers and buses, and will be maintained by the Roads & Maritime Services NSW.
Heavy vehicles that are written off will now have their registration can- celled and will be placed on the register. A damage assessment criteria is then ap- plied and based on that, these vehicles
will be classified as a statutory write off or a repairable write off.
In addition to keeping statutory write- off’s off the road, repairable write-off’s will be required to be guaranteed by the repairer by a Certificate of Compliance, showing a record of all repairs, parts and sublet items used in the repair process.
There are strict penalties in place for Non-Compliance with the above.
"Transport operators can now purchase heavy vehicles with confidence and knowl- edge that repairs have been carried out to industry stand- ards and that heavily damaged poorly repaired and unsafe ve- hicles will not be returned to the road," said Richard Na- than, chairman of the Austral- ian Heavy Vehicle Repairers Association who campaigned for the legislation.
"The above will save lives and trauma, reduce theft, save money with the added bonus of creating genuine sales of parts, materials and jobs while protecting the environ- ment with responsible work practices," Nathan said.
ROYAL COMMISSION A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
THE MOTOR TRADES ASSOCIATION OF
Australia (MTAA) has expressed disap- pointment with elements of the final re- port of the Banking and Financial Ser- vices Royal Commission impacting some automotive industries.
MTAA said it was disappointed the Commission’s final report appeared to target new car retailing and the provi- sion of add-on finance and insurance
products, while at the same time; ignor- ing completely potential misconduct in the car insurance and repair industry.
MTAA says while it recognises the limitations of the Royal Commission to investigate all matters bought to its at- tention, the Federation was extremely disappointed the conduct of car insurers was not included in investigations.
‘While some behaviours and conduct
of insurance companies in the areas of life and general insurance were high- lighted in the final report, the failure to investigate car insurance and repair was a missed opportunity,‘ MTAA said.
MTAA now calls on government and regulators to immediately investigate the car insurance and repair industry to re- solve outstanding critical issues impacting small business repairers and consumers.