42AAll registered cars must be sold with a roadworthy certificate

42A All registered cars must be sold with a roadworthy certificate S. 42A(1) substituted by No. 101/1998 s. 9. (1) A person must not sell a motor car that is registered under the **Road Safety Act 1986** unless— (a) the person gives the buyer of the car a current certificate of roadworthiness in relation to the car; or S. 42A(1)(b) amended by Nos 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 30.1), 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 29.1). (b) if the person is required under the **Road Safety Act 1986** or regulations under that Act to send a current certificate of roadworthiness in relation to the car to the Secretary to the Department of Transport and Planning, the person gives the buyer a copy of that certificate. (2) This section does not apply if the buyer is a licensed motor car trader or a special trader. S. 42A(3) substituted by No. 84/2001 s. 9(2). (3) This section does not apply to a motor car that is sold by auction at a public auction by a person acting on behalf of the owner of the car. (4) In this section ***current*** means issued within the last 30 days. (5) Despite anything to the contrary under the **Road Safety Act 1986**, for the purposes of subsection (1) a reference to "a motor car that is registered under the **Road Safety Act 1986**"— (a) includes a reference to a car the registration of which has been suspended under that Act; but (b) does not include a reference to a car the registration of which has expired and that has not been renewed on or before the day the car is sold.