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Rights of certain users of motor vehicle
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47. (1) Where—
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(a) a consumer purchases a motor vehicle under a sales contract,
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(b) the motor vehicle is not in conformity with the sales contract, and
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(c) the lack of conformity would render the motor vehicle a danger to the public, including any person travelling in the motor vehicle,
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any person who uses the motor vehicle with the consent of the consumer and suffers loss as a result of that lack of conformity may maintain an action for damages in respect of that lack of conformity against the trader who sold the motor vehicle as if he or she were the consumer.
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(2) In this section, “motor vehicle” means a vehicle intended or adapted for propulsion by mechanical means, including—
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(a) a bicycle or tricycle with an attachment for propelling it solely by mechanical power or solely by electrical power, whether or not the attachment is being used, and having a maximum design speed of no less than 6 kilometres per hour,
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(b) a vehicle the means of propulsion of which is electrical or partly electrical and partly mechanical, and
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(c) such other type of vehicle as may be prescribed.
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(3) The Minister may make regulations under subsection (2)(c) only where the Minister is satisfied, after consultation with the Minister for Transport and such other persons as he or she considers appropriate, that it is necessary in the interests of consumer protection to do so.
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