28Prohibited person

28 Prohibited person

(1)  If a person is restrained by a court under section 54 from obtaining a motor vehicle trader licence, from being employed, or otherwise engaged, in the business of dealing in motor vehicles carried on by a licensed motor vehicle trader or from carrying on the business of a licensed motor vehicle trader, a licensed motor vehicle trader must not employ or otherwise engage that person in the licensed motor vehicle trader's business of dealing in motor vehicles.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.

(2)  It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under this section if the licensed motor vehicle trader establishes that he or she did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to know, that he or she was committing an offence under subsection (1) by employing or otherwise engaging the person.