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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Motor vehicle trading - Key provisions - Registration requirement

10: Motor vehicle traders must be registered

You could also call this:

"You must be registered to sell cars or say you are a car seller."

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You cannot carry on the business of motor vehicle trading unless you are registered as a motor vehicle trader. You also cannot say you are a motor vehicle trader if you are not registered. If you are in a partnership with others and you are all motor vehicle traders, each of you must be registered.

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Part 2Motor vehicle trading
Key provisions: Registration requirement

10Motor vehicle traders must be registered

  1. A person must not, unless the person is registered as a motor vehicle trader under this Act,—

  2. carry on the business of motor vehicle trading; or
    1. hold out that the person is a motor vehicle trader.

      1. If 2 or more persons carry on the business of motor vehicle trading in partnership, or otherwise in conjunction with one another, each of those persons must be registered.