New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ACT 1980 - SECT 15

15 Licences

(1) A person (other than an exempted person) must not:

(a) carry on or advertise that the person carries on or is willing to carry on the business of a repairer in respect of any repair work unless the person is the holder of a licence in respect of a class of repair work that includes that repair work, or

(b) carry on the business of a repairer at any place of business unless the person is the holder of a licence granted in respect of that place of business.

Maximum penalty: 1,000 penalty units.

(2) A person carries on the business of a repairer if the person does so either by himself or herself, as a member of a partnership or by his or her servant or agent.

(3) The holder of a licence in respect of a class of repair work who carries on the business of a repairer in respect of any other class of repair work does not contravene subsection (1) if:

(a) that other class of repair work is done by the holder of a licence in respect of a class of repair work that includes that other class of repair work pursuant to an agreement between the holders of those licences, and

(b) he or she does not advertise that he or she carries on or is willing to carry on the business of a repairer in respect of that other class of repair work.

(4) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent offence under this section is liable to a penalty not exceeding 1,000 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.