Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
179Dealer not entitled to indemnity by antecedent owner
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 179
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990.
179 Dealer not entitled to indemnity by antecedent owner (1) Subject to subsection (2), if a licensed dealer incurs any costs or expenses because of the operation of this Part in respect of the sale of a motor vehicle, the dealer is not entitled to be indemnified in respect of those costs or expenses by any previous owner, and any contract or agreement providing directly or indirectly for the licensed dealer to be so indemnified is void to that extent. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a contract or agreement providing for a licensed dealer to be so indemnified if the previous owner is a trade owner, a manufacturer, or a manufacturer's distributor.