Prohibitions on buying or disposing of unidentified motor vehicles

Current

(1)

A scrap metal dealer must not, unless authorised to do so by a police officer by order in writing, buy any scrap metal that consists of a motor vehicle if the unique identifier for the motor vehicle has been removed, obliterated, defaced or altered.

(2)

A scrap metal dealer who receives or is in possession of a motor vehicle in respect of which the unique identifier has been removed, obliterated, defaced or altered must not sell or dispose of the motor vehicle unless authorised to do so by a police officer by order in writing.

Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.

This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech

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