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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Registration of motor vehicle traders - Miscellaneous provisions - Register of motor vehicle traders

54: Contents of register

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The register of motor vehicle traders must have certain information. You will find the full name and address of the trader if they are an individual. If the trader is a company, you will find the company's name and address. You will also find the trader's registration number, which was given to them under section 36. The register will have the address where the trader can be contacted. It will also have the trader's business name and the dates of their registration and any renewals. The register may have other information, like the date the trader's registration was cancelled. It will have any other details that are required.

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Part 3Registration of motor vehicle traders
Miscellaneous provisions: Register of motor vehicle traders

54Contents of register

  1. The register must contain all of the following information:

  2. in the case of a motor vehicle trader who applied for registration as an individual, the full name, residential address, and occupation of that person:
    1. in the case of a motor vehicle trader who applied for registration as a company,—
      1. the name of the company; and
        1. the address of the company's registered office; and
          1. the unique number assigned to the company on its incorporation; and
            1. the full name, residential address, and occupation of each person concerned in the management of the company:
            2. the registration number or other unique identifier provided to the motor vehicle trader on registration under section 36:
              1. the address for service of the motor vehicle trader:
                1. the name stated in the motor vehicle trader's application for registration as the trading name of that motor vehicle trader's business or any other name subsequently notified to the Registrar as the trading name that the motor vehicle trader wishes to use for that business (including, in the case of a motor vehicle trader who has several trading names for that motor vehicle trader's business, those names):
                  1. the date of registration of the motor vehicle trader and the date of each renewal of registration:
                    1. if applicable, the date on which the cancellation or surrender of the motor vehicle trader's registration took effect:
                      1. any other particulars that may be prescribed.

                        Notes
                        • Section 54(a): amended, on , by section 144 of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).
                        • Section 54(b)(iv): amended, on , by section 144 of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).