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Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013
48Motor vehicles must be sold at licensed premises
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#### 48 Motor vehicles must be sold at licensed premises
48 Motor vehicles must be sold at licensed premises
> > (1) Offence The holder of a motor dealer’s licence must not offer or display a motor vehicle for sale at a place other than notified premises.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this section, notified premises do not include a road or footpath in the immediate vicinity of the premises.
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> > (3) Exception—trade shows A person is not guilty of an offence against this section if a motor vehicle is offered or displayed for sale at a trade show.
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> > (4) Exceptions—requests by others A person is not guilty of an offence against this section if a motor vehicle is offered or displayed for sale at another place in response to an unsolicited request made by a person to the motor dealer to display the motor vehicle at the other place or to carry out all or part of the transactions relating to the sale or purchase of the motor vehicle at that other place.
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> > (5) Exception—online motor dealers A person is not guilty of an offence against this section if a motor vehicle is displayed for sale at another place if—
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> > > (a) the person is an online motor dealer, and
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> > > (b) the place is a place agreed to under section 66C(1)(b).
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> **s 48:** Am 2018 No 65, Sch 4.3\[8\]–\[11\]; 2023 No 28, Sch 1\[13\] \[33\].