Sale of Motor Vehicles Act 1977
82Licensed dealer not to be indemnified by antecedent
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82 Licensed dealer not to be indemnified by antecedent owner (1) Subject to subsection (2), if a licensed dealer incurs any costs or expenses because of the operation of this Act or the Traders (Licensing) Act 2016 in relation to the sale of a motor vehicle, the dealer is not entitled to be indemnified in relation to those costs or expenses by any antecedent owner and any contract or agreement providing, directly or indirectly, for the licensed dealer to be so indemnified is, to the extent that it does so, void. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a contract or agreement providing for a licensed dealer to be so indemnified if the antecedent owner is a trade owner.