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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
5AProvisions relating to motor vehicles also apply to trailers
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5A Provisions relating to motor vehicles also apply to trailers
(1) A provision of this Act that refers to a motor vehicle, other than an
excluded provision, applies to a trailer in the same way that it
applies to a motor vehicle.
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(2) For subsection (1), each of the following is an excluded provision:
(a) the provisions of this Part;
(b) sections 8, 8A, 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 12, 12A, 13A(1A), 14(3)
and (5), 16 to 18 and 23 to 25D;
(c) the provisions of Parts 2A and 3;
(d) sections 37, 45 and 47;
(e) the provisions of Part 5A;
(f) sections 60B, 101 to 102, 102AA, 103, 104, 106, 108, 109,
111, 113, 116, 117, 119(c)(ia) and 138;
(g) the provisions of Schedule 4;
(h) a provision of the Regulations prescribed by regulation.
Note for section 5A
In a provision specified in subsection (2), a reference to a motor vehicle includes
a trailer at any time attached to the vehicle due to the definition motor vehicle in
section 5(1).