Carrying out of duty to repair
170 Carrying out of duty to repair
Regulations may make ancillary provision with respect to the carrying out by a dealer of the dealer's obligation under section 168 in respect of a defect in a motor vehicle, and may in particular (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing) provide that, according to circumstances specified in the regulations:
the obligation is dependent on the person seeking to enforce it delivering the vehicle at that person's expense to a place determined in accordance with the regulations; or
the obligation is dependent on that person delivering the vehicle to a place so determined, but at the dealer's expense; or
the dealer is, for the purpose of carrying out the obligation, under a further obligation to collect, or arrange for the collection of, the vehicle at the dealer's expense.
Where a person delivers a vehicle to a place in accordance with the regulations, and the regulations provide for the delivery to be at the dealer's expense, the person may recover the cost of the delivery from the dealer as a debt due and payable.
This provision refers to the regulations (specified in the regulations
, the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading (Fuel Retailers) Regulations 2017
- Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading (Infringement Notice Offences) Regulations 2012
- Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading (Motor Vehicle Dealers) Regulations 1992
2 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
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