Motor Vehicle Traders Act 2011

An individual or body corporate may apply to the Director for a motor vehicle trader licence.

An application must – be in a form approved by the Director; and include any details required by the Director; and be accompanied by the prescribed documents, or relevant documents of the prescribed class, relating to the identity of the applicant; and be accompanied by – a statement relating to the applicant's record of offences in Tasmania issued by the Commissioner of Police; and a statement relating to the applicant's record of offences in any other place issued by a person holding an office in another State or a Territory that corresponds to the office of Commissioner of Police in this State; and be accompanied by any consent by any person to the disclosure of information as the Director considers relevant for the purposes of investigating the application; and if the applicant is an individual, be accompanied by a statement that shows whether or not that person is subject to the Bankruptcy Act 1966 of the Commonwealth obtained by a search of the National Personal Insolvency Index maintained by the Insolvency and Trustee Service, Australia; and if the applicant is a body corporate, be accompanied by a statement, provided by the applicant, that the applicant is not an externally-administered body corporate within the meaning of the Corporations Act; and be accompanied by any prescribed application fee.

On receipt of an application, the Director by written notice may require the applicant to provide further documents or information, or further consents of the kind referred to in subsection (2)(e), within the period specified in the notice.

In this section, a reference to an applicant includes – in the case of an applicant that is a partner in a partnership that intends to deal in motor vehicles, a reference to each partner in the partnership; and in the case of an applicant that is a body corporate, a reference to the chief executive officer and each director of the body corporate.