Motor Vehicle Repairers - Infringements

The Motor Vehicle Repairers Act 2003 (the Act) imposes serious obligations on licensed repair business operators and the way they operate their business. Failing to meet those obligations can result in the Department issuing an infringement notice, prosecuting offending licence holders before a court or initiating disciplinary action in the State Administrative Tribunal.

Infringement Notices may be issued for certain offences where the penalty can be as high as $2,500. Fines for breaches of the Act, for example unlicensed repairing, can be as high as $50,000 plus a daily penalty of $1,000. The State Administrative Tribunal also has the power to take a licence away.

Licence holders should read the following list in context with the full provisions of the Motor Vehicle Repairers Act 2003 and Regulations.