(1) Every dealer, not
being a financier or car hire operator, acquiring a second-hand vehicle or
selling a second-hand vehicle other than to a financier or car hire operator
shall, forthwith after the acquisition or sale, send to the authority that
licensed or registered the vehicle, if within the State, such particulars as
may be prescribed; and, where that authority is not within the State, shall
forthwith deliver the number plates (if any) attached to the vehicle to the
nearest licensing or registering authority.
Penalty: $2 000.
(2) Upon the
expiration or cancellation of the licence or registration of a second-hand
vehicle that is in the possession of a dealer, the dealer shall, unless
renewing the licence or registration, return any number plates attached to
that vehicle to the nearest licensing or registering authority.
Penalty: $2 000.
(3) Nothing in this
section affects the obligation of a person to apply for the transfer of the
licence or registration of a vehicle, under the provisions of any other Act.
[Section 26 amended: No. 6 of 1982 s. 4; No. 4 of
2002 s. 25 and 40.]
[Heading inserted: No. 73 of 2003 s. 17.]