Motor Dealers and Repairers Regulation 2025
53Exemption of certain persons—the Act, s 186(2)(a)
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53 Exemption of certain persons—the Act, s 186(2)(a)
53 Exemption of certain persons—the Act, s 186(2)(a)
(1) The Act, sections 11 and 13 do not apply to a person who carries on, or advertises that the person carries on or is willing to carry on, the business of dealing in motor vehicles only for the purpose of reclaiming scrap metal or scrap rubber.
(2) The Act, section 13 does not apply to a person who carries on, or advertises that the person carries on or is willing to carry on, the business of a motor vehicle recycler if the person—
(a) holds a motor vehicle repairer’s licence, and
(b) keeps the records that the holder of a motor vehicle recycler’s licence must keep under the Act and this regulation in relation to carrying on the business of a motor vehicle recycler.
(3) The Act, section 16 does not apply to repair work to the underbody of a trailer or towable recreation vehicle if the person carries out the work at a place for which a motor vehicle repairer’s licence is in force.
(4) The Act does not apply to—
(a) a person who is a motor dealer to the extent the person carries on, or advertises that the person carries on or is willing to carry on, the business of dealing in heavy vehicles within the meaning of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (NSW), or
(b) a person who is a motor vehicle recycler to the extent the person carries on, or advertises that the person carries on or is willing to carry on, the business of recycling heavy vehicles within the meaning of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (NSW).