Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 10:58
Further to my last is a quote from the 4WD Council of Australia
"Removing seats, where no
tools or only simple
tools are needed, where no structural modifications are involved; no change in vehicle category and no commercial gain is sought; does not need approval and so is not committing an offence. No AVSR is affected nor are any ADRs breached.
No approval is needed and no seating change plate is issued where temporary changes are made. An example of a temporary change includes removing the rear
seat(s) from a hatchback to make available additional load space, providing there was no expectation of the vehicle being classified from a
sedan to a commercial vehicle.
Where the seats are removed to change a vehicle registration category, or to skirt established arrangements such as ADR certification, or to make a substantial structural change relevant authority approval is needed. If any change in classification is sought, an inspection is required and a label attached accordingly"
If I were defected by a misinformed plod I would certainly be following it up until someone produced the actual legislation in black and white...
I recall this one cop that used to rush to any accident in
Brisbane involving Army vehicles as he had some sort of grudge. One wasn't even the Army driver's fault. but he insisted it was until it was proved otherwise later..at the end of the day they are human too and bound to make mistakes...poor things.
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