Road
Traffic Act 1988
Vehicles
that you sell, offer to sell or have on your forecourt for sale must be
roadworthy. If you sell, offer to sell or have an unroadworthy vehicle
for sale on your forecourt, then you will commit an offence.
When
is a vehicle ‘unroadworthy’?
A
vehicle is considered to be unroadworthy if:
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its
brakes, steering, tyres, construction or equipment do not meet statutory
standards. Or;
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its
use on the road would present a danger of injury to any person. Or;
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it
is dangerous due to structural corrosion.
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Also, you will
commit an offence if any repair you carry out on a vehicle makes the
vehicle unroadworthy.
Can
I legally sell an unroadworthy car?
You
will need to make a prospective purchaser aware if you are selling a vehicle
you believe is unroadworthy. You also need to make them aware that
using it on the road would be unlawful (ie displaying a
sign on the vehicle stating ‘unroadworthy’).
You
will have to be reasonably certain that the vehicle would not be used on
the road until it is roadworthy. So you need to make sure that
it is not driven from the premises. Do not hand over
any paperwork which suggests that the vehicle is roadworthy, e.g. current
MOT certificate or current tax disc.
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