Goudie Sandra: Motor Vehicle Sales Bill — In Committee Third Reading 
Goudie Sandra: Motor Vehicle Sales Bill — In Committee Third Reading 
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SANDRA GOUDIE (NZ National—Coromandel) 
: 
 I would like to carry on from the very fine presentations made by my colleagues last night. They were making such a wonderful contribution to this bill that most of the Labour Party members came down to the Chamber to take some notice of them. 
Part 3 is about the registration of motor vehicle traders and covers the procedures involved. It is interesting to note that a large amount of motor vehicle trading probably takes place on the streets. If we look at the  
Trade and Exchange 
 we see that an inordinate amount of vehicle trading results from advertisements placed in that paper and I imagine that a large proportion of those sellers would not be registered. The number of vehicles that a private individual may trade without having to register as a trader has now been increased to six. It was three vehicles. 
Hon Harry Duynhoven 
: It’s been six for a long time. 
SANDRA GOUDIE 
: I thought it was three. I stand corrected and I thank the Minister for that. It would be marvellous if he took a call. 
Hon Harry Duynhoven 
: Is the member yielding? 
SANDRA GOUDIE 
: No absolutely not—I could not possibly do that. But we would certainly welcome and appreciate some comments from the Minister. Within his comments he might like to cover what the cost will be of the levy that is to be imposed on registered motor vehicle dealers. There is a prescribed application fee but a levy is to be imposed as well. It would be interesting to know what the ballparkfigure for that levy will be and also what the definite intention for using it will be. No evidence has been given that motor vehicle dealers have been spoken to about the levy. The levy has come as somewhat of a surprise to them and my colleagues have canvassed that issue substantially. 
There is an application fee and now there is to be a levy. Those are some of the substantial costs that are to be imposed on motor vehicle dealers who register. I am sure that the Minister is aware that there is an absence of a compliance cost report. He may care to take a call on that and tell us why no compliance cost report was done in respect of the levy particularly when the traders are paying a registration fee. Those matters are of considerable concern to National and we already have a major concern about the increased compliance costs for businesses under the Labour regime. We would like the Minister to take a call and perhaps give us a precis of the compliance cost report as he may have it in his head given that we did not get it in any form of paperwork in association with this bill. 
In looking at the registration of motor vehicle traders one of the calls from United Future was for the need for greater enforcement. Judith Tizard in her presentation on the bill when it was read a first time in the House—between knitting dropping stitches and whatnot; and we still do not know whether that garment was ever finished— 
Brent Catchpole 
: She was still working on it last night. 
SANDRA GOUDIE 
: I actually saw it being continued last night by another member of the Committee Dianne Yates. I have now been sidetracked by knitting so members can see what an influence knitting in the Chamber has been and how it has detracted somewhat seriously from the processes of the House. I am talking about Subpart 1 in Part 3. 
Hon Dr Michael Cullen 
: What’s this about? 
SANDRA GOUDIE 
: We are debating Part 3 “Registration of motor vehicle traders”. We are talking about compliance costs and the enforcement that goes with that—the enforcement to ensure that people dealing in more than six cars a year become registered traders. Those provisions are being put in place to ensure that people register as traders if they sell more than six cars a year. The Hon Judith Tizard the great knitter of the Chamber said that enforcement was a very important aspect of this process.