Western Australian Current Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS ACT 1973 - SECT 31

31 .         Exemptions from this Act, powers to grant

        (1)         The Commissioner may in writing grant an exemption from compliance with this Act to a financier, car hire operator or an auctioneer who —

            (a)         applies for an exemption in the approved form and pays the prescribed fee; and

            (b)         satisfies the Commissioner —

                  (i)         in the case of a financier, that he ordinarily disposes of vehicles which he has repossessed directly to dealers; or

                  (ii)         in the case of a car hire operator, that the buying or selling of vehicles does not comprise a significant part of his business as a car hire operator and that he ordinarily disposes of vehicles bought in the course of his business directly to dealers; or

                  (iii)         in the case of an auctioneer, that the selling of vehicles by auction does not comprise a significant part of his business as an auctioneer.

        (2)         An exemption under subsection (1) —

            (a)         may be granted subject to conditions; and

            (b)         extends to a person acting as an employee or agent of the financier, car hire operator or auctioneer; and

            (c)         may be revoked by the Commissioner at any time.

        [Section 31 inserted: No. 4 of 2002 s. 26; amended: No. 58 of 2010 s. 50.]