NSW Rego and LPG Tank Dates

[Citroënbender]

Bit of a curly question here, looking at a petrol + gas car for sale.

2013 dated LPG installation (Prinz system), vehicle rego expired August 2024. The owner is genuinely not car savvy and purchased from a family member. So he’s not sure if the tank was re-certified in 2023.

As the last rego period was from 2023-2024, is it possible to say with certainty, that the tank was re-stamped? Or are there ways it could have been passed with an out-of-date tank as a dual fuel car?

[ute83]

I would have thought nsw's annual check would have picked something like that up.

[prktkljokr]

If its similar to WA and if your tank has 6 months left on it at inspection, they will not, or should I say they should not pass it without a valid certification of the tank, as it will expire in the period its licenced for.

When I re-licenced my RTV, it had over 9 months left on the tanks before the 10 years was up, the pit inspector told me he was not allowed to pass it as he had to put down the date of certification of the tank and it needed a minimum of 12 months left.

Hopefully for you its the same and they had to have it certified, if so there should be a small aluminium tag with a date on it near the gas certification tag or on the tank itself.

When my tanks were re tested, the test guy gave me a aluminium tag with his certification number and the test date, he told me it had to be riveted close to the gas fitters id tag and the paperwork kept with the vehicle.

If the tank is out of date you cant licence unless the whole system is removed

[Citroënbender]

I’m hoping it’s something like that, applying. Car needs a blue slip as it stands, but the issues are otherwise trivial and to re-stamp the tank would be a big extra bite of coin.