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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
21Liability of new owner
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21 Liability of new owner
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary,
where a record of the details of a notice of disposal delivered to the
Registrar is made at the office of the Registrar, the new owner of
the motor vehicle to which the notice of disposal relates is, on the
making of the record, liable as if the owner of the motor vehicle for
any breach of this Act, the Traffic Act 1987 or the Traffic
Regulations 1999.