Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1977 - SECT 26

    (1)     In this section:

"trade vendor" means a licensed dealer or a licensed wholesaler.

    (2)     If a trade vendor (the seller ) sells a second-hand motor vehicle to another trade vendor (the buyer ), the seller shall, at the time of the sale or of giving possession of the vehicle to the buyer, whichever is the earlier, give the buyer or cause to be given to the buyer a notice containing the required particulars.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (3)     A trade vendor who gives a notice under subsection (2) shall make or cause to be made a copy of the notice which the trade vendor shall keep for not less that 3 years after the sale.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (4)     The required particulars for subsection (2) are—

        (a)     the name and business address of the vendor; and

        (b)     the name and business address of the purchaser; and

        (c)     the registration number (if any), engine number and body number of the motor vehicle; and

        (d)     if the vehicle was manufactured on or after 1 January 1971—the year of manufacture and the model designation of the vehicle; and

        (e)     if the vehicle was manufactured before 1971—the year of manufacture and the model designation of that vehicle or, if this information is unknown to the vendor, a statement that the information is unknown; and

        (f)     the name and address of the most recent owner of the vehicle who was not a trade owner; and

        (g)     if the motor vehicle is equipped with an odometer—the distance travelled by the vehicle as recorded by the odometer; and

        (h)     whether the distance recorded by the vehicle's odometer has been altered by the vendor or on his or her behalf and, if so, the distance to which it was altered; and

              (i)     whether the vendor has replaced the odometer on the vehicle or it has been replaced on his or her behalf; and

        (j)     whether, to the knowledge of the vendor, the distance recorded by the vehicle's odometer was altered or the vehicle's odometer replaced at any time before the vehicle came into the vendor's possession.