Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
unlicensed repairer means a person or firm that is
required to, but does not, hold a business licence for the class of repair
work concerned.
(2) A person or firm
that carries on a business that consists of or includes the carrying out of
any class of repair work on a motor vehicle must not —
(a)
enter into an agreement for any repair work to be carried out by a person or
firm that is an unlicensed repairer; or
(b) do
any act which assists, or is intended to assist, a person or firm that is an
unlicensed repairer to carry on a business that consists of or includes the
carrying out of any class of repair work on a motor vehicle.
Penalty: $5 000.
(3) An insurer of a
motor vehicle —
(a) must
not —
(i)
enter into an agreement; or
(ii)
require the owner of the motor vehicle to enter into an
agreement,
for any repair work to
be carried out on the vehicle by a person or firm that is an unlicensed
repairer;
(b) must
not specify in a contract of insurance that any repair work be carried out by
a particular person or firm if that person or firm is an unlicensed repairer;
or
(c) must
not do any act which assists, or is intended to assist, a person or firm that
is an unlicensed repairer to carry on a business that consists of or includes
the carrying out of any class of repair work on a motor vehicle.
Penalty: $5 000.