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SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1977 - SECT 38

Accounting records

    (1)     A licensed dealer shall keep the accounting and other records that disclose particulars of all trust money received or paid by the dealer.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty.

    (2)     A licensed dealer shall—

        (a)     keep those records—

              (i)     at the place where the dealer carries on business in the ACT; or

              (ii)     if the dealer carries on business at more than 1 place of business in the ACT—at the dealer's principal place of business in the ACT; or

              (iii)     with the approval of the registrar, at another place in the ACT; and

        (b)     cause those records to be kept in a way that they can be conveniently and properly audited; and

        (c)     preserve those records for a period of 7 years.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty.

    (3)     It is sufficient compliance with subsection (1) if a licensed dealer, within 7 days after the day when any trust money is received or paid, enters in the records referred to in that subsection the particulars of the money.



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