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Magistrates Court Act 1930
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131F Sold vehicle declarations
(b) the person makes a declaration (a sold vehicle declaration)
stating that the vehicle (or all of the person’s interest in the
vehicle) had been sold or otherwise disposed of by the person
before the time of the offence and providing all relevant facts
supporting that statement, including—
(i) the name and home or business address of the person
(the buyer) to whom the vehicle (or the person’s interest in
the vehicle) was sold or disposed of by the person; and
(ii) the date and, if relevant to the offence, time of the sale or
disposal; and
(iii) if an agent made the sale or disposal for the person—the
name and home or business address of the agent; and
(iv) whether the person had any interest in the vehicle at the
time of the offence; and
(c) the person gives the sold vehicle declaration to the administering
section 120 (Service of infringement notices) on the buyer.
is to be served on the buyer under this part by post in relation to the
offence, the document may be addressed to the buyer at his or her
home or business address stated in the sold vehicle declaration.
(4) Section 131C (Liability for vehicle-related offences), section 131E
and this section apply as if the buyer were a responsible person for
the vehicle at the time of the offence and the infringement notice had
been served on the buyer under section 131B.
against the buyer only if a copy of the sold vehicle declaration has
been served on the buyer by an authorised person.
(6) In a proceeding against the buyer for the offence, the sold vehicle
declaration is evidence that the buyer was the responsible person for
the vehicle at the time of the offence.