(1)  The following persons are authorised to clear a written-off vehicle label in respect of a repairable write-off:

(a) an authorised officer;

(b) a person authorised by the Registrar to do so.

(2)  A registered operator or other person in charge of a repairable write-off who applies to a person authorised to clear the written-off vehicle label must provide that person with such evidence of his or her name and address as the authorised person requires.

(3)  A person authorised to clear a written-off vehicle label –

(a) may require the registered operator or other person in charge of the vehicle to produce evidence showing why the vehicle should no longer be considered to be a repairable write-off; and

(b) may require the vehicle to be inspected for the purpose of ascertaining whether the vehicle should no longer be considered to be a repairable write-off.

(4)  The registered operator or other person in charge of the vehicle must pay the applicable scheduled fee for the inspection.

(5)  If a person authorised to clear a written-off vehicle label is satisfied –

(a) with the evidence of the name and address of the registered operator or other person in charge of the vehicle; and

(b) that the vehicle should no longer be considered a repairable write-off –

that authorised person may clear the written-off vehicle label.

(6)  A person authorised to clear a written-off vehicle label clears that label by –

(a) issuing a certificate of clearance to the registered operator or other person in charge of the vehicle; and

(b) removing the written-off vehicle label from the vehicle.

(7)  The decision of a person authorised to clear a written-off vehicle label to clear that label or refuse to clear that label is taken to be a decision of the Registrar for the purposes of the Vehicle and Traffic (Review of Decisions) Regulations 2021 .