Interesting experience with a defect notice recently..
Cleared it before the suspension of rego deadline, then got a letter a couple of days later (still before deadline) saying I had not complied with the notice and so they would be suspending my rego.
Called vicroads and the lady on the phone said they issued the letter as I had not cleared the defect within the one week deadline (after which time you cannot drive the car). I told her that this did not constitute non-compliance as I did not drive the car after that time, and cleared the defect prior to the suspension of rego deadline. She did not seem to understand this.
Does this make sense to anyone else? They have issued instructions and then purported to penalise me for complying with them