NZTA set up a quarantine system to allow sufficient time for repairs and sourcing parts without penalising vehicle owners during the entry certification process.
Entry certification allows for 21 working days to complete any required rectifications. If the 21 working days is exceeded, a complete full entry-level certification inspection must be repeated (and paid for). The only exception to this requirement is when the vehicle has been held within the entry certification/Repair Certifier’s quarantine system (see below).
The Entry Certification Quarantine System
An Entry Certifier can operate a quarantine system for vehicles presented for re-inspection within 180 days of the original inspection. The quarantine system may be applied to vehicles that are immobile awaiting parts or repairs required to rectify defects found during entry certification inspection or is waiting for original documentation. If a vehicle within the quarantine system is presented within 180 days of the original inspection, it will not be required to undergo invasive structural or brake inspections.
Click here for more information on the Entry VIRM Quarantine system.
The Repair Certification Quarantine System
A repair certifier may operate a quarantine system for vehicles which they are undertaking the repair certification of. The quarantine period can be up to a maximum of 180 calendar days or 100km, whichever is the lesser, and will start from the Entry Certifier’s first inspection date and milage as recorded on the check sheet.
A Repair Certifier may only put a vehicle under quarantine for the purposes of repair certification (the quarantine system operates under specific requirements).
Click here for more information on the Repair VIRM Quarantine system.
How the Entry Certification/Repair Certification Quarantine Systems Work Together
Click here to view the RepairCert NZ Information Sheet on how these two systems work together.