[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR573.12]

[Page 875]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 573--DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPORTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 573.12  Prohibition on sale or lease of new and used defective and noncompliant motor vehicle equipment.

    (a) Subject to Sec. 573.12(b), no person may sell or lease any new 
or used item of motor vehicle equipment (including a tire) as defined by 
49 U.S.C. 30102(a)(7), for installation on a motor vehicle, that is the 
subject of a decision under 49 U.S.C. 30118(b) or a notice required 
under 49 U.S.C. 30118(c), in a condition that it may be reasonably used 
for its original purpose.
    (b) Paragraph (a) of this section is not applicable where:
    (1) The defect or noncompliance is remedied as required under 49 
U.S.C. 30120 before delivery under the sale or lease;
    (2) Notification of the defect or noncompliance is required by an 
order under 49 U.S.C. 30118(b), but enforcement of the order is 
restrained or the order is set aside in a civil action to which 49 
U.S.C. 30121(d) applies.

[67 FR 19698, Apr. 23, 2002]