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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Offences - Offences relating to requirement to be registered

95: Offence to carry on business of motor vehicle trading or to hold out to be motor vehicle trader unless registered

You could also call this:

"It's an offence to sell cars without being registered or to pretend you're a car seller when you're not."

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You commit an offence if you carry on the business of motor vehicle trading without being registered under this Act. You also commit an offence if you say you are a motor vehicle trader without being registered. The penalty for this offence is set out in section 118.

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Part 4Enforcement
Offences: Offences relating to requirement to be registered

95Offence to carry on business of motor vehicle trading or to hold out to be motor vehicle trader unless registered

  1. A person commits an offence if the person, without being registered under this Act,—

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

      1. The penalty on conviction for an offence against this section is set out in section 118.