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September 2016
Water damage rules don’t go far enough - MTA Newly introduced legislations surrounding water-damaged vehicles are not strict enough, according to the MTA.
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ssociate Transport the track and MTA chief Minister Craig Foss executive, Craig Pomare has announced questions whether writtenthat more stringent off vehicles of any type requirements for water (including water-damaged damaged vehicles will vehicles from Australia) provide additional safety should be sold in NZ at all. assurances for vehicle Tribunal Adjudicator, owners and all road users. barrister Christopher He stated that light Cornwell said, during a vehicles that have been dispute hearing which related damaged by floods will to a water-damaged vehicle, Light vehicles that have been damaged by floods now require require a full replacement that he considered that all electronic and pyrotechnic safety components to be replaced damage flags should not be of all electronic and pyrotechnic safety components, that have been written-off in New removed for vehicles that have been including airbags, sensors, seatbelts Zealand and are going through previously written off, “otherwise and seatbelt pre-tensioners and the re-registration process. “It the New Zealand used vehiclewiring. The rule applies to all vehicles does not cover vehicles that have buying public will be perpetually whether they have been imported been damaged in NZ but not de‘in the dark’ over the history of or are part of the domestic fleet, and registered. The Repair Certifier is such vehicles and New Zealand will was effective as of September 7. responsible for correctly identifying continue to be a dumping ground Prior to this rule being implemented, the type of damage the vehicle has for Australian written off vehicles only items below the water line were been subjected to and certifying which are subsequently resold to required to be replaced. the repair accordingly”. unsuspecting buyers”. A spokesperson for the NZTA, The MTA believes that it is very The MTA says that customers says “The new process will only difficult to ascertain, in some cases, should be given clear information apply to vehicles that undergo whether a vehicle is a write-off about the history of the vehicle they repair certification, which includes or not and if it will cause trouble are about to buy including a full newly imported vehicles and those for the consumer later on down review of the sale, repair and
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