Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Motor Car Traders Act 1986 - SECT 42A

All registered cars must be sold with a roadworthy certificate

42A. All registered cars must be sold with a roadworthy certificate





(1) A person must not sell
a motor car that is registered under the Road Safety Act 1986 unless-

   (a)  the person gives the buyer of the car a current certificate of
        roadworthiness in relation to the car; or

   (b)  if the person is required under the Road Safety Act 1986 or
        regulations under that Act to send a current certificate of
        roadworthiness in relation to the car to the Roads Corporation, the
        person gives the buyer a copy of that certificate.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) This section does not apply if the buyer is a licensed motor car trader or
a special trader.

(3) This section does not apply to a motor car that is sold by auction at a
public auction by a person acting on behalf of the owner of the car.

(4) In this section current means issued within the last 30 days.



(5) Despite anything to the contrary under the Road Safety Act 1986, for the
purposes of subsection (1) a reference to "a motor car that is registered
under the Road Safety Act 1986"-

   (a)  includes a reference to a car the registration of which has been
        suspended under that Act; but

   (b)  does not include a reference to a car the registration of which has
        expired and that has not been renewed on or before the day the car is
        sold.