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SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 48 OF 1995) - SECT 54

Substitution

54. Section 76 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

“76. (1) In this section—

‘document' means a book, paper, account or other document.

“(2) An inspector may, at any reasonable time, enter the premises of a licensee and inspect—

        (a)     all documents relating to the business of the licensee; and

        (b)     all motor vehicles or parts of any motor vehicles that are offered or displayed for sale by the licensee.

“(3) An inspector may, for the purpose of inspection—

        (a)     require the licensee or any other person who has the custody or control of documents to produce those documents and hand them over to the inspector; and

        (b)     require the licensee or any other person in whose custody or control the motor vehicles or parts of motor vehicles are to produce them.

“(4) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (3) is made shall not refuse or fail to comply with the requirement.

Penalty:

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units.

“(5) An inspector may make notes or take extracts from, or make copies of, any documents produced to the inspector under this section.

“(6) An inspector may retain, for such reasonable period as the inspector or the Registrar considers necessary, any document referred to in subsection (2) and may make copies of any such document.”.



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