MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS ACT 1973 - SECT 26

MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS ACT 1973 - SECT 26

26 .         Transactions in second-hand vehicles, vehicle licensing authority to be notified of

        (1)         Every dealer, not being a financier or car hire operator, acquiring a second-hand vehicle or selling a second-hand vehicle other than to a financier or car hire operator shall, forthwith after the acquisition or sale, send to the authority that licensed or registered the vehicle, if within the State, such particulars as may be prescribed; and, where that authority is not within the State, shall forthwith deliver the number plates (if any) attached to the vehicle to the nearest licensing or registering authority.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (2)         Upon the expiration or cancellation of the licence or registration of a second-hand vehicle that is in the possession of a dealer, the dealer shall, unless renewing the licence or registration, return any number plates attached to that vehicle to the nearest licensing or registering authority.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (3)         Nothing in this section affects the obligation of a person to apply for the transfer of the licence or registration of a vehicle, under the provisions of any other Act.

        [Section 26 amended: No. 6 of 1982 s. 4; No. 4 of 2002 s. 25 and 40.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 73 of 2003 s. 17.]