Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRERS ACT 2003 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Motor Vehicle Repairers Act 2003 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ^1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year		Assent		Commencement
Motor Vehicle Repairers Act 2003	68 of 2003		9 Dec 2003		s. 1-2: 9 Dec 2003; Pt. 1 (other than s. 1, 2, 3(4) and 4), Pt. 3, Pt. 4, s. 65 and 69, Pt. 7, s. 89 and 90, Pt. 10 (other than s. 108 and 109), Pt. 11 and Sch. 3 cl. 2 and 3: 19 Mar 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 9 Feb 2007 p. 451); s. 4, Pt. 2 and 5, Pt. 6 (other than s. 65 and 69), Pt. 8 (other than s. 85(3)(b)), Pt 9 (other than s. 89 and 90), s. 108 and 109, Sch. 1 and 2 and Sch. 3 cl. 1: 1 Jul 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Jun 2008 p. 2885)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141	59 of 2004		23 Nov 2004		1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80	84 of 2004		16 Dec 2004		2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))
Planning and Development (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005 s. 15	38 of 2005		12 Dec 2005		9 Apr 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Mar 2006 p. 1078)
Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 4 Div. 16 3	28 of 2006		26 Jun 2006		1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 17	77 of 2006		21 Dec 2006		1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Reprint 1: The Motor Vehicle Repairers Act 2003 as at 8 Feb 2008 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Motor Vehicle Repairers Act 2003 s. 4, Pt. 2 and 5, Pt. 6 (other than s. 65 and 69), Pt. 8, Pt. 9 (other than s. 89 and 90), s. 108 and 109, Sch. 1 and 2 and Sch. 3 cl. 1)
Reprint 2: The Motor Vehicle Repairers Act 2003 as at 3 Oct 2008 (includes amendments listed above except the Motor Vehicle Repairers Act 2003 s. 3(4) and 85(3)(b))
Acts Amendment (Fair Trading) Act 2010 Pt. 5 5		58 of 2010		8 Dec 2010		s. 54: 1 Jan 2011 (see s. 2(c) and Gazette 24 Dec 2010 p. 6805); Pt. 5 (other than s. 54): 1 Jul 2011 (see s. 2(c) and Gazette 7 Jun 2011 p. 2057)

³ The Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 4 Div. 23 (other than s. 151) (as amended by Acts Amendment (Fair Trading) Act 2010 s. 184) reads as follows:

“

Division 23 — Transitional provisions

[151. Deleted by No. 58 of 2010 s. 184.]

152. Commissioner for Corporate Affairs and Registrar of Co-operative and Financial Institutions

(1) A thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner for Corporate Affairs before commencement under, or for the purposes of, the Companies (Co-operative) Act 1943 has the same effect after commencement as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to, the Registrar as defined in that Act as in force after commencement.

(2) A thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Registrar of Co-operative and Financial Institutions before commencement under, or for the purposes of, the Co-operative and Provident Societies Act 1903 has the same effect after commencement as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to, the Registrar as defined in that Act as in force after commencement.

153. Consumer Affairs Act 1971

Each office in existence immediately before commencement because of section 15(1) of the Consumer Affairs Act 1971 does not cease merely because that subsection is repealed by this Act.

154. Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983

Each office in existence immediately before commencement because of section 5(2)(b) of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983 does not cease merely because that paragraph is deleted by this Act.

155. Interpretation

In this Division —

commencement means the time at which this Division comes into operation;

Commissioner for Fair Trading means the Commissioner for Fair Trading referred to in section 15 of the Consumer Affairs Act 1971 as in force before commencement;

Prices Commissioner means the Prices Commissioner referred to in section 5(1) of the Petroleum Products Pricing Act 1983 as in force before commencement.

”.

⁴ Sections 3(4) & 85(3)(b) of this Act had not come into operation when it was deleted by the Acts Amendment (Fair Trading) Act 2010 s. 53(4) and 72(b).

⁵ The amendment in the Acts Amendment (Fair Trading) Act 2010 s. 178 will not come into operation (see s. 2(b)(i)).

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 Term Provision(s)
Account 107(1)
affected person 73(1)
amount paid 95(1)
approved 3(1)
authorised officer 3(1), 97
business licence 3(1)
certificate 3(1)
commencement day 120
Commissioner 3(1)
Compensation Account 89
Court 75(1)
Department 3(1)
Director General 3(1)
insolvent 89
licensee 3(1), 83
mobile premises 56
motor vehicle 3(1)
owner 83, 89
premises 56
prescribed 97
prescribed offence 97
prescribed percentage 90(1), 107(1)
provisional repairer’s certificate 3(1)
purposes of the Account 107(1)
regulations 3(1)
relevant maximum fine Sch. 2, cl. 2(3)
relevant offence 69(1)
relevant person 18(3), 20(3)
repair work 3(1)
repairer’s certificate 3(1)
specified 122(6)
sufficient resources 12
the former Board 120
transitional matter 122(2), Sch. 3, cl. 3(5)
unlicensed repairer 109(1)