Thread: Compliance Plates

How old is it ?
If it never had one, then getting one wouldn't be a replacement.
Why do you want one now ?
What State are you talking about ?
***Ask your local transport authority.***
If it has a VIN and that number appears on previous papers then it should be OK.

If the vehicle was manufactured prior to 1st January 1972 then it would not have a compliance plate, they came into force on 1/1/1972,so if you can trace the vehicles manufacture date to before 1/1/72 then it will not have a Compliance Plate,are we talking Series Landies or an early 101 ?

cheers

Thanks for the comments but as mentioned in my original post it should have a compliance plate as it was manufactured in Aust after compliance plates came in so should have one applied when made.

Having a compliance plate just makes things easier when you change registration jurisdictions as the standard question is - where is the compliance plate.

Not such an issue when getting roadworthies at garages but if you have to go over the pits bureaucracys get involved .

Garry

I don't believe that you can acquire a replacement compliance plate. The plates are affixed by the vehicle's manufacturer and you can bet they wouldn't be interested in certifying that an old vehicle still complies with the specifications at manufacture.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I don't believe that you can acquire a replacement compliance plate. The plates are affixed by the vehicle's manufacturer and you can bet they wouldn't be interested in certifying that an old vehicle still complies with the specifications at manufacture.

Thanks Diana - Very possibly so, but the things are only pop rivetted on and bi metallic corrosion sets in and they can fall off - I had to re-poprivet on the compliance plate on my old series 3, 25 years ago and at that time the vehicle was only 17 years old - would have fallen off at the next big bump when offroad.

Like wise what happens in accidents where a vehicle is not written off but the area where the compliance plate is affixed is destroyed along with the compliance plate - surely they can get new ones. maybe I should go and ask a smash repairer what they do.

Cheers

Garry

Which vehicle is it?

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Which vehicle is it?

Its a secret - does it matter?

My Haflinger, but then with the exception of the RRS none of my vehicles have a compliance plate but the others all have good reason for this - but then I do not know why the 101s don't have compliance plate as the Perenties which only came into service a few years later do.

Garry

Hi Garry

Its sometimes a slippery slope, one of the regulations regarding Written Off Vehicles (WOVR) in NSW is that the repairer or custodian of the vehicle is supposed to strike out the chassis number/VIN on the compliance plate by a chisel strike through the number. Not that everyone actually does it, but getting a replacement compliance plate would circumvent the WOVR.

cookey is doing work on a SIII 6cyl engine at the moment. When the owner purchased the vehicle it came without previous rego papers and it had no compliance plate. (may be a thread about it) Anyway the previous owner was contacted and found the compliance in the grass where he had pressure washed the vehicle before putting it on ebay. Very lucky.

Diana