New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR DEALERS ACT 1974 - SECT 21

21 Holder of licence to keep register

(1) The holder of a licence must keep at a place of business in respect of which the licence is granted a register in the prescribed form.

(2) If a person who holds a dealer’s licence also carries on under the authority of that licence the business of an auto-dismantler, a wholesaler, a motor vehicle parts reconstructor or a motor vehicle consultant or a prescribed business, the person must keep a register in respect of that business as well as a register in respect of the person’s business (if any) as a dealer.

(2A) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a register may be kept at only one of the places of business in respect of which a licence is granted if the register is kept in a form that may be accessed at all places of business covered by the licence.

(3) The holder of a dealer’s licence must enter in the register kept in respect of the business carried on under the authority of that licence:

(a) the prescribed particulars of every second-hand motor vehicle acquired in the course of carrying on that business, and

(b) the prescribed particulars of the disposal of each such vehicle, and

(c) where a vehicle referred to in paragraph (b) is disposed of by sale at an auction-the prescribed particulars of the purchaser of the vehicle.

(4) The holder of an auto-dismantler’s licence must enter in the register kept in respect of the business carried on under the authority of that licence:

(a) the prescribed particulars of every motor vehicle and every prescribed part or accessory of a motor vehicle acquired in the course of carrying on that business, and

(b) the prescribed particulars of the disposal of each such vehicle and of each such part or accessory.

(5) The holder of a wholesaler’s licence must enter in the register kept in respect of the business carried on under the authority of that licence:

(a) the prescribed particulars of each second-hand motor vehicle acquired in the course of carrying on that business, and

(b) the prescribed particulars of the disposal of each such vehicle.

(6) The holder of a motor vehicle parts reconstructor’s licence must enter in the register kept in respect of the business carried on under the authority of that licence:

(a) the prescribed particulars of every prescribed part or accessory of a motor vehicle acquired in the course of carrying on that business, and

(b) the prescribed particulars of the disposal of each such part or accessory.

(7) Where the regulations so provide, the holder of a motor vehicle consultant’s licence must enter in the register kept in respect of the business carried on under the authority of that licence the prescribed particulars of every prescribed transaction entered into in the course of carrying on that business.

(8) The holder of a prescribed licence must enter in the register kept in respect of the business carried on under the authority of that licence the prescribed particulars of every prescribed transaction entered into in the course of carrying on that business.

(9) The holder of a licence must make an entry required by this section within 1 trading day after the transaction to which the entry relates is completed.