171Other provisions ancillary to section 168

171 Other provisions ancillary to section 168 (1) For the purpose of calculating in relation to a motor vehicle the period of 3 months referred to in Case 1 or 2 in section 168(2), no account shall be taken of any period during which the vehicle has been in the possession of the dealer, or of a person acting on behalf of the dealer, for the purpose of ascertaining or carrying out the obligations of the dealer under that section. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the liability of a dealer under Case 1 in section 168(2) subsists for the benefit of the owner from time to time of the vehicle, and, for that purpose, the owner from time to time of the vehicle shall be deemed to have contracted to buy the vehicle from the dealer who is under the liability on the date of the sale giving rise to the liability.

Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 80 (3) The liability of a dealer under Case 1 in section 168(2) is extinguished if, subsequent to the sale giving rise to the liability, the vehicle is acquired by a dealer as owner or repossessed by a financier. (4) The liability of a dealer under Case 2 in section 168(2) is a liability only to the person who purchased the vehicle from the dealer.