Queensland Numbered Acts

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 - SECT 13

13 Amendment of s 147 (Announcements before auction)

Section 147 —
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(3) Also, a chattel auctioneer must announce, immediately before the auction of any restorable vehicle that—

(a) the vehicle is a restorable vehicle because it is more than 20 years old and is for sale for restoration; and

(b) it is a condition of the sale of a restorable vehicle that if the vehicle is sold, the registered bidder to whom it is sold is taken to waive the statutory warranty for the vehicle when the contract for its purchase is entered into; and

(c) the chattel auctioneer will not accept bids from a person who is not a registered bidder.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(4) A chattel auctioneer does not contravene subsection (3) if—

(a) 2 or more restorable vehicles are to be auctioned in consecutive lots; and

(b) immediately before the first of the vehicles in the consecutive lots is to be auctioned, the chattel auctioneer—

(i) identifies the vehicles; and

(ii) for the identified vehicles, announces the matters mentioned in subsection (3)(a), (b) and (c).