Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers Regulation 2014
sec.27Finding out or verifying facts material to the sale of goods
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sec.27 Finding out or verifying facts material to the sale of goods
A chattel auctioneer appointed to sell goods must take reasonable steps to find out or verify the facts material to the sale that a prudent chattel auctioneer would have found out or verified to avoid error, omission, exaggeration or misrepresentation. The steps must be taken before the auctioneer lists the goods for auction and afterwards as the occasion arises. (sec.27-ssec.1) A chattel auctioneer appointed to sell goods must take reasonable steps to find out or verify the facts material to the sale that a prudent chattel auctioneer would have found out or verified to avoid error, omission, exaggeration or misrepresentation. (sec.27-ssec.2) The steps must be taken before the auctioneer lists the goods for auction and afterwards as the occasion arises.