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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Information-gathering powers - Inspection

126: Conditions of authorisation

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"Rules for Being Allowed to Inspect Vehicles"

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You need to be suitably qualified or trained to carry out an inspection. The Registrar checks if you are qualified before authorising you. You must show your authorisation and identity when entering premises. You must produce your authorisation when asked, it must be in writing. It includes your name, the powers you have, and the purpose of the inspection. The powers come from section 125. The Registrar gives you authorisation to inspect, you must follow the rules. You must show your identity and authorisation when requested. This is to ensure you are allowed to carry out the inspection.

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Part 4Enforcement
Information-gathering powers: Inspection

126Conditions of authorisation

  1. The Registrar must not authorise a person to carry out an inspection unless the Registrar is satisfied that the person is suitably qualified or trained, or the person is a member of a class of persons who are suitably qualified or trained, to carry out an inspection.

  2. A person authorised by the Registrar to carry out an inspection must, on entering any premises, and when requested at any subsequent time, produce—

  3. the authorisation referred to in subsection (3); and
    1. evidence of that person's identity.

      1. An authorisation must be in writing and must contain—

      2. a reference to this section; and
        1. the full name of the authorised person; and
          1. a statement of the powers conferred on the authorised person by section 125; and
            1. the purpose for which those powers may be exercised.