12 Dec GVVCVC - Gawler Veteran Vintage & Classic

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR HISTORIC REGISTRATION:
Submitted by Allan Kempster
All Club members should know the laws covering Historic Registration, and abide by them. Those who flout
the laws can be fined (see article below) and bring disrepute to the Club.
If you have a vehicle which does not comply with the Code Of Practice for Historic Vehicles* then that
vehicle can not be on Historic Registration, and should be on full registration to be driven on the road.
Historic Vehicle Log Books must be validated every year by one of the Club Registrars. If your Log Book
has not been validated, your vehicle is not registered. Each Log Book is valid for 3 years (provided that it is
validated each year), and after 3 years a new Log Book must be issued, even if the Log Book is only partly
used. If you are currently using a Log Book issued earlier than 2009, then your vehicle is classified as not
being registered.
Please read the Code of Practice* and make your self familiar with what is required for your own benefit and
for the Club’s benefit. You may not agree with everything, but rules are rules and must be adhered to.
(* Code of Practice for Historic Vehicles, Prescribed Left Hand Drive Vehicles, and Street Rod Vehicles
under the Conditional Registration Scheme Effective 1 July 2012, issued by the Government of South
Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Hard copies are available from the Club
Secretary or the Code may be viewed online at
http://www.sa.gov.au/upload/franchise/Transport,%20travel%20and%20motoring/Registration/code_of_prac
tice_historic.pdf . Note that Gawler Veteran, Vintage and Classic Vehicle Club is unable to validate Street
Rod Vehicles under this Code of Practice)
Part 3 para 11.7 of the Code of Practice defines the Responsibilities of Scheme Vehicle Owners, and you
should make yourself fully aware of these responsibilities. A copy of this section is published in this edition
of the Journal at Page 7.
One of the responsibilities is that you must cancel registration and return the Log Book to the Club Registrar
if you sell or dispose of a vehicle (including giving it to a family member). The Club Registrars would also
like to know if you have laid up a vehicle and have not renewed registration. If you have disposed of or laid
up a vehicle please let one of the Registars know. Allan Kempster 8562 8651, Norman Matthews 8254 3569,
or John Drage H 8523 4939, M 0404 025 181
Another responsibility is that you must maintain financial membership of an approved club. Members are
reminded that under Bylaw 001 of the GVVCVC they must attend at least 3 Club Events per year to maintain
membership. To date this year, over 40% of members have not been recorded as attending any events, so
please consider your commitment to the club in this responsibility. It may affect continuity of your Historic
Vehicle Registration.
The following article was published in Restored Cars #215 Nov-Dec 2012
“TRAFFIC CAMERAS AND LOGBOOK WARNING
Here is a story worth noting of a person not filling in his Historic Car logbook. Someone in authority turned up at his
door to check his logbook in relation to three traffic camera photographs showing him out and about. The dates on the
photographs had no logbook entries. A $600 fine was levied for each failure to enter the daily use. It is easy to forget to
fill in a daily entry, particularly if the logbook is in the glovebox and you are on a rally. Hang your logbook on the
steering wheel or shifter at the end of each day. You could save yourself a lot of money.”
The article does not identify which state this occurred in but it should
be noted that in South Australia the police can check your registration
number whilst on the road and you could be pulled over at any time for
a log book check.
The monitoring cameras are getting even trickier. The one on the left
has a rear facing camera which can capture you as you are approaching
it as distinct from most who capture you after you have passed.
DEADLINE FOR FEBRUARY 2013 EDITION FRIDAY Jan 18 th 2013
My Wife said “Watcha doing to-day”
I replied “NOTHING” She said “you did that yesterday”
I answered I know “I was not finished”
GVVCVC Journal December 2012 Page 4