Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 1973

Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Regulations 1974

 

Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Regulations 1974

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Terms used1

3.Prescribed vehicles under section 5(3)(e)2

Notes

Compilation table3

Defined terms

 

Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 1973

Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Regulations 1974

1.Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Regulations 1974 1.

[Regulation 1 amended: Gazette 30 Nov 1984 p. 3996.]

2.Terms used

In these regulations —

caravan means a trailer, including a camper trailer, fitted for human habitation in the course of a journey;

goods vehicle means a motor vehicle designed to be used primarily to carry goods or materials used in any trade, business or industry but does not include the following motor vehicles —

(a)a crane, hoist or conveyor;

(b)an excavator, road grader, road roller, bulldozer or forklift truck or other machinery (other than a tractor), that is not constructed on a chassis of a type normally used in the construction of a truck;

(c)a motor vehicle that is constructed or adapted for road construction or maintenance (including cleaning, sweeping or watering);

motor vehicle has the meaning given in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 4;

trailer means a vehicle designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle.

[Regulation 2 inserted: Gazette 2 Oct 2012 p. 4691-2; amended: Gazette 8 Jan 2015 p. 88; 30 Jun 2015 p. 2330.]

3.Prescribed vehicles under section 5(3)(e)

Vehicles of a type or class set out in the table to this regulation are prescribed vehicles for the purposes of section 5(3)(e) of the Act.

Table

1.

Caravans

2.

Four wheel drive vehicles

3.

Goods vehicles

4.

Passenger vans used wholly or principally for the conveyance of persons and sold with a seating capacity not exceeding 8 persons.

[Regulation 3 inserted: Gazette 20 Nov 1987 p. 4234; amended: Gazette 2 Oct 2012 p. 4692.]

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Regulations 1974 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Motor Vehicle Dealers Act Regulations 1974 2

29 Mar 1974 p. 1102

29 Mar 1974

 

9 Aug 1974 p. 2991

9 Aug 1974

 

21 Dec 1979 p. 3988

4 Mar 1980

Motor Vehicle Dealers Act Amendment Regulations 1984

30 Nov 1984 p. 3996

1 Jan 1985 (see r. 2)

Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Amendment Regulations 1987

20 Nov 1987 p. 4234

20 Nov 1987

Reprint of the Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Regulations 1974 as at 4 October 2002 (includes amendments listed above)

Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Amendment Regulations 2012

2 Oct 2012 p. 4691-2

r. 1 and 2: 2 Oct 2012 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 3 Oct 2012 (see r. 2(b))

Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Amendment Regulations 2014

8 Jan 2015 p. 87‑8

r. 1 and 2: 8 Jan 2015 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 27 Apr 2015 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 17 Apr 2015 p. 1371)

Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Amendment Regulations 2015

30 Jun 2015 p. 2329‑30

r. 1 and 2: 30 Jun 2015 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2015 (see r. 2(b))

2Now known as the Motor Vehicle Dealers (Prescribed Vehicles) Regulations 1974; citation changed (see note under r. 1).

 

 

Defined terms

 

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined termProvision(s)

caravan2

goods vehicle2

motor vehicle2

trailer2