Going bumperless! Roadworthy certificate

[emotf]

Hi All,
I acquired my vehicle bumper-less.... as in that the previous owner did a fine job restoring the body work (all nicely pieced-in and treated) and he even went the extra mile and smoothed out the bumper connection points.
I prefer the car this way and would like to register without defacing and mounting the bumpers.

Has anyone gone through this with their relevant transport authority? 
I am in Queensland.  I put in some initial enquiries, eventually I was elevated to Vehicle Standards.  The line was bad and the operator I spoke to just said he could not go through all the standards for me on the bad line put pointed me to ADR 42 and said I would find that it says that the bumpers must be fitted.   He told me that the vehicle standards are a federal code so all transport authorities regardless of state should abide by them. 
Reading http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2006L03251 I find that this is only applicable to passenger vehicles manufactured after 1 July 1988... also no reference to the need for a front bumper???
I will call them again on Monday and hopefully get someone more helpful.

Any experience on this would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[camwright]

Keep it on the low down but if you are registering it for yourself i can look over a few things for alfa 105 drivers when issuing roadworthys. give me a call if you would like me to look at.
cheers, cameron. 32561966
p.s. i have a giulia sedan that has never had bumpers since i restored it and i drive it all the time in brisbane.

[emotf]

Thanks Cameron that is good to know.
I will give you a call tomorrow.
Thanks
Nathan