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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Motor vehicle trading - Other requirements

16: Written acknowledgment that buyer has received copy of notice must be obtained

You could also call this:

"Traders must get your signature to confirm you received important information when buying a used vehicle"

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When you buy a used motor vehicle from a trader, they must get you to sign a paper saying you got a copy of a notice. This notice is the one mentioned in section 14(1). The trader must get you to sign this paper before they sell you the vehicle, or soon after if it's an auction. The trader must keep a copy of the notice and your signature for at least 6 years. They must also show these papers to the Registrar or someone the Registrar chooses if they ask to see them, as per section 125. But the trader does not have to do this if they are selling the vehicle to another trader or a licensed car wrecker. The trader has to follow these rules when they sell you a used motor vehicle. You will sign a paper to say you got the notice, and the trader will keep a copy of it. This helps keep everything fair and honest when you buy a used motor vehicle.

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Part 2Motor vehicle trading
Other requirements

16Written acknowledgment that buyer has received copy of notice must be obtained

  1. This section applies to a motor vehicle trader who is a party to, or acts as an agent for a party to, a contract for the sale of a used motor vehicle.

  2. A motor vehicle trader to whom this section applies must—

  3. obtain a written acknowledgment from the buyer that the buyer has received a copy of the notice referred to in section 14(1),—
    1. in the case of a car auctioneer, as soon as practicable after the sale of the motor vehicle; or
      1. in any other case, immediately before the sale of the motor vehicle; and
      2. keep a copy of that notice and acknowledgment for a period of not less than 6 years after the date of the acknowledgment; and
        1. make a copy of that notice and acknowledgment available for inspection at all reasonable times by the Registrar, or any person authorised by the Registrar, who asks to see it in accordance with section 125.

          1. Subsection (2) does not apply if the sale of the used motor vehicle is to—

          2. a motor vehicle trader registered under this Act; or
            1. a licensed car wrecker.

              Notes
              • Section 16(3): added, on , by section 8 of the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 112).