Motor Car Traders Act 1986

The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to—

exempting any person or class of person from the operation of this Act and prescribing the extent of the exemption; and

exempting any class or classes of sales from the operation of this Act and prescribing the extent of the exemption; and

regulating the conduct of a motor car trader and servants or agents carrying on the business of trading in motor cars; and

regulating the form and content of any warranties or insurance policies given in respect of motor cars (other than the warranty imposed by section 54); and

prescribing the information, including any charges, to be disclosed in an advertisement for the sale by any person of a motor car; and

prescribing the information to be given, including in an agreement for the sale of a motor car, by a motor car trader to the purchaser of a motor car, including—

information about warranties or insurance policies; and

information about the purchaser's rights under this Act; and

prescribing the notice to be displayed on motor cars not currently for sale in the possession of a motor car trader; and

prescribing the documents, accounts and records to be kept by licensed motor car traders and the manner of keeping them and the period for which they must be kept; and

prescribing the procedure of the Committee; and

prescribing the form of licences, applications and notices to be used for the purposes of this Act; and

prescribing fees payable—

for or on the issue of certificates by the Authority;

for searches of the records kept by the Authority;

for licences, including application fees and annual fees;

for other applications to the Authority under this Act;

for the issue of other documents under this Act;

for any other procedures required by this Act, other than procedures relating to the Tribunal;

prescribing, for the purposes of Division 2 of Part 5A—

the offences under this Act or the regulations in respect of which an infringement notice may be issued; and

the penalties that apply if those offences are dealt with by an infringement notice; and

generally prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary or expedient to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

Regulations under this Act—

may be of general or specially limited application; and

may differ according to difference in time, place or circumstances; and

may impose a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units for any contravention of these regulations; and

may prescribe fees that differ according to differences in circumstances.

Regulations made under subsection (1)(k)(ii) must not specify a penalty in respect of an offence by a person that is more than one-tenth of the maximum penalty the person would be liable for under the Act or the regulations for committing that offence for the first time.