Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013
59Sales of motor vehicles without number-plates attached
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59 Sales of motor vehicles without number-plates attached
59 Sales of motor vehicles without number-plates attached
A motor dealer must not sell a motor vehicle without a number-plate attached unless one of the following is displayed with the vehicle—
(a) a certificate or receipt for the surrender of the number-plates for the motor vehicle issued by Transport for NSW or by a person authorised by a law of another State or a Territory to issue the certificate or receipt,
(b) a declaration by the motor dealer in the approved form (if any) that sets out the reason for the absence of any number-plate and the lack of such a certificate or receipt.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
s 59: Am 2018 No 65, Sch 8.6[2]; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.50[1]; 2023 No 28, Sch 1[13].