Listed below is some general information relating to defect notices.
You may sell a defective vehicle if it is for the purposes of dismantling or wrecking, and the registration has or is to be cancelled.
Police have the ability to defect all most anything on a motor vehicle if they believe it is unsafe or not to specifications and this can be done with no actual testing of the suspected item.
A minor defect notice may be issued to you for such items as a blown light, horn, bald tyres or a empty washer bottle. Minor defects can be removed by any police officer or police station, three or more minors will make it a major defect and this requires regency park.
A police officer can give a grace period of upto 72 hours for the driver to still operate the vehicle, After this period the vehicle can only be driving to a place of repair, inspection or home. Defects marked as Lift Tow may not be driving on the road until repaired.
Because of the discretion that police are allowed to use, we urge motorist to film their vehicle being defected if they believe they are being targetted for items that are not defective.
Any defect no matter how minor, if it is a issue of safety of the vehicles operation. This requires a full vehicle inspection.