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Mayor and Aldermen October 25th, 1978

R.A. Freeman
City Clerk

Re: Non-conforming Auto Accessories

At the Council meeting of October 23rd, 1978, during the discussion
with R.C.M.P. Inspector Galbraith, Alderman Thomspon referred to the problem
being experienced by motorists being charged by the Police for installing
certain non-conforming equipment on their vehicles purchased by them in good
faith from outlets selling auto accessories, Attached are copies of letters
exchanged between our office and the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate
Affairs in April and May of 1977 and you will see that the correspondence
arose as a result of this problem being mentioned in Council on April 18th,
1977.

Briefly stated, the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
advises that citizens that find themselves in difficulty in this respect
should contact the Vancouver Office of the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate
Affairs at 411 Dunsmuir Street - telephone 668-2911 - in order that an
investigation may be undertaken under the Trade Practices Act. The reply
from the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs states that it would
be his view that by holding these items out for sale without disclosing
that it may be illegal to install them on a vehicle which is to be used on
Provincial highways, represents a "failure to state a material fact" and
this is apparently an offence against the Trade Practices Act.

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