(1) No vehicle shall be used on any road under the authority of a dealer’s general licence—
(a) to convey passengers or goods for profit or reward;
(b) to carry or convey any goods whatsoever except such load as may be necessary for the purpose of testing the motor vehicle or trailer, and no such load, and no part thereof, shall be removed from the motor vehicle or trailer at any time between the departure from and the return to the loading place of the motor vehicle or trailer, save in the case of an accident; or
(c) except with the permission in writing of the Authority, for any purpose other than—
(i) for proceeding to or returning from any inspection, examination or test as provided for by this Act;
(ii) for proceeding from the premises of a dealer to a railway station or wharf for entraining or shipment, or from a train or ship to such premises; or
(iii) for test or trial during or after completion, construction, assembly or repair; or
(iv) for test or trial by or on behalf of an intending purchaser, or for proceeding to or from the place where the purchaser intends to keep it; or
(v) for proceeding to or from a public weighbridge for the purpose of its weight being ascertained or to or from a place for registration;
(vi) for exportation to any territory in East Africa, the Sudan or Zaire;
(vii) for proceeding from the premises of a dealer to the premises of a purchaser or of another dealer or manufacturer;
(viii) for towing a motor vehicle which while being driven upon a road has become unable to proceed under its own power from the place where it has broken down to a place for repair or storage; (ix) for proceeding to or returning from a workshop in which a body is to be or has been fitted to the motor vehicle or where the motor vehicle is to be or has been painted or repaired; or
(x) for proceeding to or returning from an exhibition of motor vehicles.
(2) In any proceedings under this section, the burden of proving the fact of an accident for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall lie on the person charged.
(3) No vehicle shall be used on any road under the authority of a dealer’s general licence unless the holder of the licence, or a person duly authorized by him, accompanies the vehicle.
(4) Not more than two persons, in addition to the driver, shall be carried within or upon any such vehicle, and such persons shall be limited to a prospective purchaser and his agent or a member of his family or, in the case of a vehicle proceeding to or from an accident, two mechanics.
(5) Upon the issue of a dealer’s general licence, the Authority shall also supply to the person to whom such licence is issued a book in a form approved by the Authority, in which the holder of such licence shall on each occasion and before such licence is used complete in duplicate the entries for which provision is therein made; one copy of such entries shall remain in the book, and the other copy shall be carried with the vehicle during the whole of the journey to which such entries relate, and shall be produced at any time during such journey by the driver for inspection upon demand made by any police officer, licensing officer or inspector.
(6) Every such book shall be produced at all reasonable times for inspection by any police officer, licensing officer or inspector, and shall be kept available for inspection at the place specified in the declaration made on application for the general dealer’s licence as the place at which the book will be kept.
(7) No person shall deface or mutilate any such book, or make any entry therein which is to his knowledge false or misleading, or alter or obliterate any entry made therein, or except as provided by this Act, make any entry therein or addition thereto, or after its removal from such book make, alter or obliterate any entry in any copy to be carried on the vehicle.
(a) to convey passengers or goods for profit or reward;
(b) to carry or convey any goods whatsoever except such load as may be necessary for the purpose of testing the motor vehicle or trailer, and no such load, and no part thereof, shall be removed from the motor vehicle or trailer at any time between the departure from and the return to the loading place of the motor vehicle or trailer, save in the case of an accident; or
(c) except with the permission in writing of the Authority, for any purpose other than—
(i) for proceeding to or returning from any inspection, examination or test as provided for by this Act;
(ii) for proceeding from the premises of a dealer to a railway station or wharf for entraining or shipment, or from a train or ship to such premises; or
(iii) for test or trial during or after completion, construction, assembly or repair; or
(iv) for test or trial by or on behalf of an intending purchaser, or for proceeding to or from the place where the purchaser intends to keep it; or
(v) for proceeding to or from a public weighbridge for the purpose of its weight being ascertained or to or from a place for registration;
(vi) for exportation to any territory in East Africa, the Sudan or Zaire;
(vii) for proceeding from the premises of a dealer to the premises of a purchaser or of another dealer or manufacturer;
(viii) for towing a motor vehicle which while being driven upon a road has become unable to proceed under its own power from the place where it has broken down to a place for repair or storage; (ix) for proceeding to or returning from a workshop in which a body is to be or has been fitted to the motor vehicle or where the motor vehicle is to be or has been painted or repaired; or
(x) for proceeding to or returning from an exhibition of motor vehicles.
(2) In any proceedings under this section, the burden of proving the fact of an accident for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall lie on the person charged.
(3) No vehicle shall be used on any road under the authority of a dealer’s general licence unless the holder of the licence, or a person duly authorized by him, accompanies the vehicle.
(4) Not more than two persons, in addition to the driver, shall be carried within or upon any such vehicle, and such persons shall be limited to a prospective purchaser and his agent or a member of his family or, in the case of a vehicle proceeding to or from an accident, two mechanics.
(5) Upon the issue of a dealer’s general licence, the Authority shall also supply to the person to whom such licence is issued a book in a form approved by the Authority, in which the holder of such licence shall on each occasion and before such licence is used complete in duplicate the entries for which provision is therein made; one copy of such entries shall remain in the book, and the other copy shall be carried with the vehicle during the whole of the journey to which such entries relate, and shall be produced at any time during such journey by the driver for inspection upon demand made by any police officer, licensing officer or inspector.
(6) Every such book shall be produced at all reasonable times for inspection by any police officer, licensing officer or inspector, and shall be kept available for inspection at the place specified in the declaration made on application for the general dealer’s licence as the place at which the book will be kept.
(7) No person shall deface or mutilate any such book, or make any entry therein which is to his knowledge false or misleading, or alter or obliterate any entry made therein, or except as provided by this Act, make any entry therein or addition thereto, or after its removal from such book make, alter or obliterate any entry in any copy to be carried on the vehicle.
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