New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR DEALERS ACT 1974 - SECT 23A

23A Premises at which the holder of a licence may lawfully offer or display motor vehicles for sale

(1) The holder of a licence must not offer or display a motor vehicle for sale except at a place of business in respect of which the licence is granted.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the holder of a licence who offers or displays a motor vehicle for sale, or buys or sells a motor vehicle, at a place other than a place of business in respect of which the licence is granted is not guilty of an offence against this Act if:

(a) a person has, without being solicited to do so, invited the holder of the licence to display the vehicle to the person, or carry out all or part of the transactions relating to the sale or purchase of the vehicle, at that other place, or

(b) that other place is a place at which the holder of the licence carries on business in accordance with subsection (3).

(3) The holder of a licence may carry on business at a place as referred to in subsection (2) (b) only if:

(a) the holder of the licence does not offer or display for sale at that place second-hand motor vehicles (other than second-hand tractors or second-hand self-propelled agricultural machinery), and

(b) the business carried on by the holder of the licence at that place is limited to advising persons with respect to the quality, performance and characteristics of motor vehicles and making offers to, or receiving offers from, persons to enter agreements for the sale of motor vehicles (not being second-hand motor vehicles other than second-hand tractors or second-hand self-propelled agricultural machinery).

(4) In subsection (2), the reference to a place other than a place of business in respect of which the licence is granted does not include a reference to a carriageway or footpath that is in the immediate vicinity of the place of business.