24Excluded defects

24 Excluded defects attach includes cause to be attached. defect notice means a notice in accordance with the defect notice form approved under section 93 (Approved forms) that complies with the requirements of subsection (6). (2) If a dealer offers or displays for sale a second-hand motor vehicle, the dealer may attach to the vehicle a defect notice. (3) If— (a) a defect notice has been attached to a second-hand motor vehicle at all material times when the vehicle is offered or displayed for sale by the dealer; and (b) at or before the time of sale of the vehicle, the notice, or a copy of the notice, has been signed by the dealer and the purchaser and has been delivered to the purchaser for retention by the purchaser; section 23 (1) does not apply in relation to the defects set out in the notice. (4) If, at or before the time of sale of a demonstrator motor vehicle, a defect notice has been signed by the dealer and the purchaser and has been delivered to the purchaser for retention by the purchaser, section 23 (1) does not apply in relation to any defect specified in the notice. (5) If the reasonable cost of repairing a defect specified in a defect notice is greater than the amount specified in that notice, the purchaser may recover the difference between those amounts from the licensed dealer. (6) A defect notice— (a) shall consist of legible writing on white material or on material of a colour approved by the commissioner; and

(b) shall be written in letters and figures at least 2mm in height; and (c) shall be attached to the vehicle in such a place as to be clearly visible and readily legible from outside the vehicle.