Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2019

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2019.

2Commencement

(1)Parts 2 and 4 commence on 1 September 2019.

(2)Part 3 commences on 1 September 2019 immediately after the commencement of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulation 2019.

3Regulation amended

This part amends the Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers Regulation 2014.

4Amendment of s 4 (Prescribed changes in licensee’s circumstances to be notified to chief executive)

(1)Section 4(a)(iii)—
omit.

(2)Section 4(a)(iv) to (vii)—
renumber as section 4(a)(iii) to (vi).

5Amendment of ss 7, 8, 13 and 16

Sections 7(j), 8(e), 13(1)(j) and 16(2)(m), ‘section 3(3)’—
omit, insert—

section 3C(1)

6Amendment of s 11 (Advertising or displaying unwarranted motor vehicle)

Section 11, heading, ‘motor’—
omit.

7Insertion of new ss 11A and 11B

After section 11—
insert—

11AAdvertising restorable vehicle

(1)This section prescribes for section 146(2) of the Act how a restorable vehicle must be advertised for sale by a chattel auctioneer.

(2)The chattel auctioneer must state in each advertisement for the sale of the restorable vehicle that the vehicle does not have a statutory warranty.

11BDisplaying restorable vehicle

(1)This section prescribes for sections 116(2) and 146(2) of the Act how a restorable vehicle must be displayed for sale by a motor dealer or a chattel auctioneer.

(2)The motor dealer or chattel auctioneer must ensure a sign with the prescribed statement in letters at least 5cm high is displayed—

(a)in a prominent position on the vehicle in close proximity to the display of the price or description; or

(b)if the vehicle does not have a price or description displayed—on the front windscreen of the vehicle.

(3)In this section—

prescribed statement means the following statement—

(a)for a restorable vehicle displayed for sale by a motor dealer—‘no statutory warranty will apply to this restorable vehicle if the buyer waives the statutory warranty’;

(b)for a restorable vehicle displayed for sale by a chattel auctioneer—‘if this vehicle is sold as a restorable vehicle, the statutory warranty will not apply’.

8Amendment of s 18 (Keeping documents in electronic form)

Section 18(1), penalty—
omit.

9Amendment of s 47 (Defects not covered by statutory warranty)

Section 47—
insert—

(d)for a class B warranted vehicle, a defect in the vehicle’s air-conditioning system.

10Regulation amended

This part amends the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulation 2019.

11Amendment of s 8 (Fee for application, referral or counter-application for another matter)

Section 8(3)—
omit, insert—

(3)However—

(a)the fee for an application made under the Prostitution Act 1999, section 64A or 64B is $2,746; and

(b)the fee for an application made under the Fair Trading Act 1989, section 50A or the Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers Act 2014, schedule 1, section 14, or a counter-application made in response to an application under either of those sections, is as follows—

(i)if the amount claimed is not more than $500 or if no amount is claimed—$26.95;

(ii)if the amount claimed is more than $500 but not more than $1,000—$69.20;

(iii)if the amount claimed is more than $1,000 but not more than $10,000—$123.20;

(iv)if the amount claimed is more than $10,000—$345.80.

12Amendment of s 10 (Fee for appeal or application for leave to appeal—Act, s 143)

(1)Section 10(6), definition prescribed amount—
insert—

(aa)for a decision of the tribunal on an application made under the Fair Trading Act 1989, section 50A or the Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers Act 2014, schedule 1, section 14—

(i)if the amount claimed is not more than $10,000 or no amount is claimed—$345.80; or

(ii)otherwise—$691.60; or

(2)Section 10(6), definition prescribed amount, paragraph (b), after ‘paragraph (a)’—
insert—

or (b)

(3)Section 10(6), definition prescribed amount, paragraph (d), ‘paragraph (a), (b) or (c)’—
omit, insert—

paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d)

(4)Section 10(6), definition prescribed amount, paragraphs (aa) to (e)—
renumber as paragraphs (b) to (f).

13Regulation amended

This part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014.

14Amendment of sch 1 (Infringement notice offences and fines for nominated laws)

Schedule 1, entry for Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers Act 2014—
insert—

s 116(2)		2
s 146(2)		2
s 147(3)		2