Parts dealers get a reprieve

Strong opposition by MPs has forced the Transport Department to scrap a proposal that would have made the sale of second-hand vehicle parts illegal.

8 Aug 2013

The department's chief director for road regulation, John Motsatsing, told MPs: "Second-hand, genuine parts can still be used in the repair of motor vehicles."

Members of parliament's transport portfolio committee said in June that the new amendment would have the unintended consequence of criminalising dealers in second-hand parts.

At the same meeting of the committee, Motsatsing said the proposal to scrap the sale of second-hand parts had come from the police.

"We inserted a proviso [that] that it does not apply to parts of motor vehicles that have been deregistered," he said.

The change would allow the sale of second-hand parts from scrapped vehicles, with the exception of vehicles that had been crushed.

Included in the new regulations is a requirement that vehicles older than 10 years be subjected to a roadworthy test every second year.

The DA's Ian Ollis said the changes to the proposed amendments were an improvement.

"It would have caused the closure of second-hand car-parts dealers and there was no distinction between vehicles that had been stolen and those written off," said Ollis.

Source: The Times via I-Net Bridge

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