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Vehicle inspection requirements manual (VIRM): Entry certification

Published: 01 07 2011

This manual applies to the entry inspection and certification of motor vehicles.

Vehicle inspection requirements manual - Entry certification

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  • Volume 1 (PDF, 6.21 MB) Updated in amendment 4
  • Volume 2 (PDF, 4.50 MB) Updated in amendment 4

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Version 3 amendment 4, July 2011
  List of changes - version 3, amendment 4 (PDF, 83 KB)
Front matter
  Record of amendments
Improvement suggestion form (PDF, 467 KB)
Updated in amendment 4
Introduction
  1 - Purpose and scope
2 - Overview of manual
3 - Contacts
4 - The LANDATA system
5 - The pre-registration process
6 - The inspection and certification process
7 - Complaints
8 - Inspection premises and equipment
9 - Appointments
10 - Definitions and abbreviations (PDF, 317 KB)
Updated in amendment 4
Technical bulletins
  1 - Replacement parts
2 - Water-damaged vehicles
3 - Vehicles modified to change vehicle class
4 - Identifying a Honda Gyro
5 - Inspection requirements for temporary vehicle imports
6 - Auxiliary bars
7 - Frontal impact standard exemptions
8 - Frontal impact compliance for Mitsubishi models
9 - Frontal impact compliance for Toyota Cavaliers
10 - Inspection for corrosion in Nissan Terrano and Mistral rear floorpan assemblies
11 - Inspection of motorhomes
12 - Identifying daytime running lamps
13 - Glazing on house-trucks
14 - Seatbelt requirements for rotating seats
15 - Toyota Hiace seat and seatbelt requirements
16 - Replacement seatbelts
17 - Seatbelt and seatbelt anchorage standards for heavy motor vehicles
18 - Seatbelt markings
19 - Seatbelt exemptions
20 - OE rear upper seatbelt anchorages (with retrofitted seatbelts)
21 - Rear seatbelts as aisle obstructions in passenger service vehicles
22 - Anchorage of demountable body assemblies
23 - Used imported motorsport vehicles
24 - Recording the number of seats for self-propelled motorhomes
25 - Immigrants’ vehicles
26 - Special interest vehicles
27 - Alternative proof of compliance – Singapore/Japan
28 - Exhaust emissions standard compliance
29 - Declaration for supplementary restraint system and anti-lock braking system inspections
30 - Dual brake systems in overseas driving school vehicles
31 - Brakes standards compliance
32 - Static tilt stability compliance
33 - Category A left-hand drive vehicles
34 - Bridgestone tyres manufactured in Thailand, Taiwan or Indonesia
35 - Moped entry certification (class LA, LB)
36 - Removing a border damage flag (PDF, 1.39 MB)
Updated in amendment 4
Reference materials
  1 - Annex B: Conditional permit for the operation of uncertified vehicles
2 - Annex A: List of addresses to be attached to Annex B conditional permit
3 - Heavy vehicle safety check sheet
4 - Light vehicle safety check sheet
5 - Sample vehicle compliance certificates
6 - Sample light vehicle repair record of certification (LT308)
7 - Sample heavy vehicle specialist certificate (LT400)
8 - Sample low volume vehicle certification plates
9 - Sample statement of compliance issued under the Low Volume Vehicle Code (F001)
10 - Sample LVV plate attachment delegation form
11 - Sample Vintage Car Club identity card
12 - Sample Vintage Car Club certificate of authentication
13 - Translations of common Japanese vehicle makes
14 - Translations of Japanese year of manufacture
15 - Request to locate missing border check record(s) (PDF, 1.37 MB)
Updated in amendment 4
  16 - Request for an exemption from border check requirements
17 - Request to remove border damage flag
18 - Request for an exemption to remove trim on an imported used vehicle
19 - Sample statement of compliance
20 - Sample de-registration certificates (Japan)
21 - Sample temporary de-registration certificates (Japan)
22 - Sample export certificates (Japan)
23 - Sample completion inspection certificate (Japan)
24 - Sample detailed registration history certificate (Japan)
25 - Sample notification of dismantlement for motorcycles (Japan) (PDF, 3.55 MB)
Updated in amendment 4
  26 - Sample registration documents (Singapore)
27 - Sample registration document (Hong Kong)
28 - Sample United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) compliance plates
29 - Sample European Community (EC) whole vehicle approval plate
30 - Sample Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) compliance plate/label
31 - Sample certificate of origin (US)
32 - Sample Australian Design Rules (ADR) compliance plates
33 - Vehicle of interest inquiry to the New Zealand Police
34 - Vehicle odometer discrepancy – notification to the New Zealand Police
35 - Sample EPA plates
36 - Application for an exemption from vehicle rules
37 - Chassis rating procedure: independently imported vehicles (including trailers)
38 - Sample fuel consumption statement
39 - Sample single-sensitive seatbelt declaration
40 - Sample TSD agent’s single-sensitive seatbelt declaration (PDF, 1.88 MB)
Updated in amendment 4
  41 - MoT St31391 seatbelt anchorage specifications
42 - Brake declaration templates
43 - Exhaust emissions standards compliance information for heavy vehicles
44 - Sample frontal impact exemption letter
45 - Sample left-hand drive exemption letter Discontinued
46 - Application for recognition of a special interest vehicle
47 - Sample Annex C conditional permit
48 - MotorSport exemption application
49 - Sample EC Certificate of Conformity
50 - Application for recognition of an immigrant’s vehicle
51 - Category A Left-hand drive vehicle permit application (Category A)
52 - Left-hand drive declaration form (Category B) Discontinued
53 - VIN approval request form
54 - Vehicle report form
55 - FS012 upper seatbelt anchorage request form
56 - Alternative documents form
57 - Lost de-registration or export certificate form
58 - Sample Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) compliance plate/label
59 - Sample UK registration certificate
60 - Authority to issue statements of compliance for Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles
61 - HVSC Memo 59: HV power pack upgrades to meet emissions requirements
62 - Sample letter - Recognition of specified vehicles as an immigrant's vehicle
63 - Sample letter and permit for Category A left-hand drive vehicle
64 - British certificate of permanent export
65 - Exhaust emissions test certificate
66 - NZ Customs 'Deed of undertaking' (PDF, 2.89 MB)
Updated in amendment 4
Pre-registration and VIN
  Front matter vol. 2 (PDF, 40 KB)
1 - Vehicle records (PDF, 195 KB) Updated in amendment 4
2 - Vehicle attributes (PDF, 278 KB) Updated in amendment 4
3 - VIN assignment (PDF, 118 KB) Updated in amendment 4
4 - VIN affixing (PDF, 131 KB) Updated in amendment 4
5 - LANDATA inquiries (PDF, 19 KB)
6 - Left-hand drive requirements (PDF, 119 KB) Updated in amendment 4
Inspection and certification
  Overview (PDF, 62 KB)
1 - Required documentation and registration (PDF, 302 KB) Updated in amendment 4
2 - Vehicle exterior (PDF, 76 KB)
3 - Vehicle structure (PDF, 371 KB) Updated in amendment 4
4 - Lighting (PDF, 361 KB) Updated in amendment 4
5 - Vision (PDF, 296 KB)
6 - Entrance and exit (PDF, 686 KB)
7 - Vehicle interior (PDF, 1.65 MB) Updated in amendment 4
8 - Brakes (PDF, 237 KB) Updated in amendment 4
9 - Steering (PDF, 72 KB)
10 - Tyres, wheels and hubs (PDF, 303 KB) Updated in amendment 4
11 - Exhaust (PDF, 284 KB) Updated in amendment 4
12 - Towing connections (PDF, 55 KB)
13 - Miscellaneous items (PDF, 71 KB)
14 - Alternative fuels (PDF, 49 KB)
15 - Load restraints (PDF, 48 KB)
16 - Certificate of loading (PDF, 135 KB)

Last updated: 2 March 2011