A regional term for a mandatory safety and mechanical inspection certificate, primarily known as a Warrant of Fitness in New Zealand. Mechanics perform a standardized checklist covering brakes, lights, steering, and structural integrity to issue the document. Vehicles failing the inspection cannot be legally driven until the defects are repaired and the vehicle passes a retest.
Heard on the job
I can't sell it until it passes the warrant, so we need to fix that rust hole in the sill first.
Also heard as
- WOF
- warrant of fitness