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.