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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—
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> > (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,
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> > (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.
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> Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> **s 59:** Am 2018 No 65, Sch 8.6\[2\]; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.50\[1\]; 2023 No 28, Sch 1\[13\].