Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Motor vehicle trading - Qualifications of motor vehicle traders - Exemptions from registration

27: Power to exempt persons from requirement to register by Order in Council

You could also call this:

"The Governor-General can let some people off registering as motor vehicle traders."

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The Governor-General can exempt you from registering as a motor vehicle trader. This is done by an Order in Council, which is made on the recommendation of the Minister. You may have to follow certain terms and conditions if you are exempt. If you are exempt, some rules do not apply to you. These rules are found in section 10(1)(b). You do not have to follow them if you are exempt. An Order in Council is a type of law called secondary legislation. You can find out more about secondary legislation in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. This type of law has to be published, unless it is just about one person.

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26: Crown exempt from requirement to register, or

"The Government doesn't have to register to sell cars."

28: Exemption may be recommended by Minister on application from any person, or

"Ask the Minister for an exemption from registration using the correct form and fee."

Part 2Motor vehicle trading
Qualifications of motor vehicle traders: Exemptions from registration

27Power to exempt persons from requirement to register by Order in Council

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, exempt any person or class of persons from the requirement to register as a motor vehicle trader under section 10(1)(a), subject to any terms and conditions that may be specified in the order.
Nothing in section 10(1)(b) applies to a person or class of persons exempted from the requirement to register as a motor vehicle trader by an Order in Council made under this section.
An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements), unless it relates exclusively to an individual.

Notes

Section 27(3): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).