Defect Notice, Wrong Registration Number

[skygt]

Just wanted a few opinions and if its happened to anyone else before i act on it.

I received a defect notice last week in regards to worn tyres. I brought new tyres and had them changed yesterday.

Today is my last day of the notice so i took the car to vicroads as specified on the letter and from the police at the time so

i can get it checked and removed. After having the vehicle inspected the vicroads inspector proceeded inside again so they can clear the defect.

As they walked in they realised the registration number on the notice was incorrect, so they advised me to go and see the officer that issued the defect get him to issue a new one then bring it back. By the way i was caught an hour away from home, and it was hard enough,cancelled jobs to organise everything, but i deserved it for letting the tyres go. I dont think i should be inconvenienced any more though after i have done the right thing

After getting upset with them and stating how i felt i explained that i obviously dont have a defect notice cause they have the wrong number plate told them ill remove it myself and left.

Now i havnt removed it and im thinking of calling the police and explain about the mistake.Im not shaw if i should though cause that could lead to them getting the correct details and making me do all the above.

Thanks

[32vspecII]

i think your on the money

i would think if they have issued a defect to another car , ie not yours but some other cars registration number

then its really not your problem , let them chase up the other skyline with the different number if it doesnt clear the defect

[tridentt150v]

Does it have your name etc on it? If so you may have to explain where your 'other skyline' is? Just a thought.

[Phantom32]

not sure if this helps - but i heard somewhere that if te police get a single detail wrong on an infringement notice/defect notice, it voids the whole document

cant confirm, but if they've got your rego fairly wrong you should be alright cos they could be wrong about everything else also!

try worm your way out of it and you should be sweet, but if you've gone to the effort of making at roadworthy, may as well clear it up

good luck

[Thunderbolt]

I would have got some written evidence from vicroads that you had gone there, and attempted to get the defect cleared and that they were happpy with it. Once that has happened then ring the police and get them to re-issue the notice. Take a copy of the written evidence and post it along with a copy of the new defect notice. Attempt to get the copies signed by a JP (a lot of workplaces have at least one JP), and post them to Vicroads and request that they fix you up.

If they refuse the above, then send them a bill for your time. However if you didn't get written notice that you had gone to Vicroads originally then you are stuffed.

[r32-25t]

phantom32 is right, ur defect notice isnt worth the paper its writen on becuase the details r not correct,

and i can garentee u that will stand up in court, nice have cops as friends hehe

brett

[Natetune]

phantom32 is right, ur defect notice isnt worth the paper its writen on becuase the details r not correct,

and i can garentee u that will stand up in court, nice have cops as friends hehe

brett

Hey,

I got defected for just about everything possible the day before my rego ran out. I was looking over the defect slip a few days later and the cops forgot to write down my odometer reading as well as my vin/chassis number. They also wrote formal warning but also wrote down that i needed to get it cleared at an unregistered vehicle inspection station and that i can't drive it after 14 days. I called up the RTA and told them about this and they said that I needed to still bring the car in to be cleared.

I told them that i'm not going out of my way for them as they stuffed up and they just let me off. This is in NSW though.

[SKY031]

i heard somewhere that if te police get a single detail wrong on an infringement notice/defect notice, it voids the whole document

Nup

phantom32 is right, ur defect notice isnt worth the paper its writen on becuase the details r not correct,

nope

It is not uncommon to see an infringement notice has a serious defect that renders it invalid. The legislation sets out what information the notice must contain, although they always contain a lot of information that is not prescribed by the legislation. Not every mistake in the infringement notice will render it invalid but if some essential ingredient in the notice is missing or incorrect then the notice may be invalid and you may be advised not to object to an invalid notice.

The top section of the fine has information to identify the driver (name, address, licence number, date of birth, car colour etc). This enables VicRoads to identify the driver to suspend the licence or record demerit points. If there is sufficient information to enable VicRoads to identify the driver a small error here won't make any difference to the validity of the fine.

If the fine has blank sections or misdescriptions in essential areas, such as the period of suspension, the date of the offence, the location of the person who issued the notice, the alleged speed or BAC etc, then the fine may be defective to the point that it is invalid. Calling the police within 12 months of the date of offence to boast or complain that they made a mistake on the fine will result in a corrected TIN being sent to you in the mail, thus resolving the issue in their favour.

source

[skygt]

Thanks for all the info i think i might give them a call tomorrow cause i have the tyres changed anyway.