Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112:reg:207:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 207 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 276273–278875

207  Contents of a recall notice
 (1) A recall notice for road vehicles or approved road vehicle components may require one or more suppliers of the vehicles or components to take one or more of the following actions:
 (a) recall the vehicles or components;
 (b) disclose to the public, or to a class of persons specified in the notice, one or more of the following:
 (i) the nature of a defect in, or a dangerous characteristic of, the vehicles or components, as identified in the notice;
 (ii) the circumstances, as identified in the notice, in which a reasonably foreseeable use or misuse of the vehicles or components is dangerous;
 (iii) procedures, as specified in the notice, for disposing of the vehicles or components;
 (c) if the identities of any of those suppliers are known to the Minister—inform the public, or a class of persons specified in the notice, that the supplier undertakes to do whichever of the following the supplier thinks is appropriate:
 (i) repair the vehicles or components;
 (ii) replace the vehicles or components;
 (iii) refund to a person to whom the vehicles or components were supplied (whether by the supplier or by another person) the price of the vehicles or components.
Note: Section 209 affects the meaning of supplier in this section.
 (2) The recall notice may specify:
 (a) the manner in which the action required to be taken by the notice must be taken; and
 (b) the period within which the action must be taken.
 (3) If the recall notice requires a supplier of the road vehicles or approved road vehicle components to take action of a kind referred to in paragraph (1)(c), the Minister may specify in the notice that, if:
 (a) the supplier undertakes to refund the price of the vehicles or components; and
 (b) a period of more than 12 months has elapsed since a person (whether or not the person to whom the refund is to be made) acquired the vehicles or components from the supplier;
the amount of a refund may be reduced by the supplier by an amount calculated in a manner specified in the notice that is attributable to the use that a person has had of the vehicles or components.
 (4) In this section:
acquire includes acquire by way of purchase, exchange or taking on lease, on hire or on hire‑purchase.
price, of road vehicles or approved road vehicle components, means:
 (a) the amount paid or payable (including any charge of any description) for their acquisition; or
 (b) if such an amount is not specified because the acquisition is part only of a transaction for which a total amount is paid or payable:
 (i) the lowest amount (including any