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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Offences - Offences relating to disclosure requirements

102: Failure by car market operator to comply with section 14(2) an offence

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"Car market operators must follow rules when selling used vehicles or they break the law"

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If you are a car market operator, you commit an offence if you do not take reasonable steps to ensure a motor vehicle trader follows the rules when selling a used motor vehicle through you, as stated in section 14(2). You must make sure the motor vehicle trader does what they are supposed to do under section 14(1). The penalty for this offence is set out in section 116.

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Part 4Enforcement
Offences: Offences relating to disclosure requirements

102Failure by car market operator to comply with section 14(2) an offence

  1. A car market operator commits an offence if the car market operator, contrary to section 14(2), fails to take reasonable steps to ensure that a motor vehicle trader who sells any used motor vehicle through the car market operator complies with the motor vehicle trader's obligations under section 14(1).

  2. The penalty on conviction for an offence against this section is set out in section 116.

Notes
  • Section 102 heading: amended, on , by section 19(1) of the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 112).
  • Section 102(1): substituted, on , by section 19(2) of the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 112).