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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunals - Jurisdiction

92: Jurisdictions of other courts not limited

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"You can take a motor vehicle sale problem to another court if it can help."

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You can take a claim about a motor vehicle sale contract to another court. This Act does not stop you from doing this if the other court can also hear the case. The other court can decide the matter if it has the power to do so.

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Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunals: Jurisdiction

92Jurisdictions of other courts not limited

  1. To avoid doubt, nothing in this Act prevents the parties to a contract for the sale of a motor vehicle from submitting a claim arising under the contract to a court or other body that also has jurisdiction to determine the matter.