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Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers Act 2014
An Act to provide comprehensively for the regulation of the activities, licensing and conduct of motor dealers and chattel auctioneers and their employees and to protect consumers against particular undesirable practices
Part 1 Preliminary
Division 1 Introduction
1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers Act 2014.
2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
3 Act binds all persons (1) This Act binds all persons, including the State, and, so far as the legislative power of Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and the other States. (2) Nothing in this Act makes the State, the Commonwealth or any other State liable to be prosecuted for an offence.
4 Relationship with Fair Trading Inspectors Act 2014 (1) The Fair Trading Inspectors Act 2014 (the FTI Act) enacts common provisions for this Act and particular other Acts about fair trading. (2) Unless this Act otherwise provides in relation to the FTI Act, the powers that an inspector has under that Act are in addition to and do not limit any powers the inspector may have under this Act.
Division 2 Exemptions
5 Financial institutions and trustee companies (1) Part 3 does not apply to a financial institution or trustee company. (2) In this section— trustee company means— (a) a trustee company under the Trustee Companies Act 1968; or (b) the public trustee when the public trustee is— (i) performing the activities that may be performed by a trustee company; or (ii) exercising the powers that may be exercised by a trustee company; or (iii) holding an office that may be held by a trustee company.
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The Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers Act 2014 (Qld) regulates the activities, licensing, and conduct of motor dealers and chattel auctioneers in Queensland, aiming to balance consumer protection with freedom of enterprise. The Act sets out definitions, exemptions, and provisions for licensing, registration, and enforcement.
Consumers are protected from undesirable practices, and motor dealers and chattel auctioneers must comply with licensing and registration requirements.
Motor dealers and chattel auctioneers must comply with licensing and registration requirements, and may face penalties for non-compliance.
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