31Odometer reading

31 Odometer reading

(1)  A licensed motor vehicle trader must not make a statement in relation to the condition of an odometer, or the reading on an odometer, of a motor vehicle that is offered for sale or exchange knowing or believing that the statement is or may be false or misleading.

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)  If a licensed motor vehicle trader has reasonable grounds to doubt the accuracy of the odometer reading of a used motor vehicle that he or she is offering for sale or exchange, the licensed motor vehicle trader must –

(a) take reasonable steps to verify the accuracy of the reading before offering the motor vehicle for sale or exchange; and

(b) inform any prospective purchaser of the motor vehicle, in writing, of –

(i) the verified facts in relation to the reading; and

(ii) the grounds on which the accuracy of the reading was questioned; and

(c) record the odometer reading on the documents transferring the ownership of the motor vehicle at the time of its sale or exchange.

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.

(3)  If a licensed motor vehicle trader knows that the odometer of a motor vehicle which he or she is offering for sale or exchange has been replaced or interfered with, the licensed motor vehicle trader must inform any prospective purchaser of the motor vehicle, in writing, of that fact.

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.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (3) , an odometer has been interfered with if –