Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1977 - SECT 21

    (1)     If a dealer sells a second-hand motor vehicle to which a notice has been attached in accordance with section 20 (1) to a purchaser who is not a trade owner, the dealer shall—

        (a)     endorse on 2 copies of the notice—

              (i)     the date of the sale; and

              (ii)     the date of delivery of the vehicle to the purchaser; and

              (iii)     the cash price for which the vehicle was sold; and

              (iv)     for a second-hand motor vehicle that is not a demonstrator motorcycle—a statement that the dealer is not obliged by this Act to repair defects in the vehicle; and

              (v)     the name and address of the purchaser; and

        (b)     sign those copies; and

        (c)     keep 1 copy of the notice for 3 years from the date of the sale; and

        (d)     within 14 days of the date of the delivery of the vehicle or of the sale, whichever is the later, give the purchaser the other copy of the notice.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (2)     For subsection (1)—

        (a)     a dealer may give a copy of a notice to a purchaser by posting it by certified mail to the purchaser at the address given by the purchaser and endorsed on the notice; and

        (b)     if the motor vehicle has been sold to the purchaser by an employee or agent of the dealer—compliance by the employee or agent with a requirement of that subsection shall be deemed to be compliance by the dealer with that requirement.