Md. Code Regs. 11.12.01.01 - Definitions
A. In this chapter,
the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the Motor Vehicle
Administration.
(2) "Advertising"
means any oral, written, or graphic statement which offers vehicles for sale or
which indicates the availability of vehicles, including any statements or
representations made in any newspaper, pamphlet, circular, other publication,
including but not limited to electronic media, radio or television, and in or
on any notice, sign, billboard, poster, bill catalog, letter, or business
card.
(3) "Business license" means
a license issued by the Administration under Transportation Article, Title 15,
Subtitles 2-3, 5, and 6, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(4) "Clear and conspicuous" means a
statement, representation, or term differing from other statements,
representations, or terms being made so as to be readily noticeable to the
person to whom it is being disclosed either by its size, sound, length of time,
color, placement in the advertisement, or the like.
(5) "Consumer goods" means, as referred to in
these regulations, a vehicle offered for retail sale for use by individuals
primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
(6) "Dealer" has the meaning stated in
Transportation Article, §
15-101, Annotated Code
of Maryland.
(7) "Dealer cost"
means the total amount the dealer is invoiced by the manufacturer for a
vehicle.
(8) "Demonstrator" means a
vehicle:
(a) Of the current or preceding
model year for which a title has not been issued;
(b) Which has been:
(i) Used solely by the employees, officers,
or principals of the dealer, manufacturer, or distributor; or
(ii) Driven for purposes of customer road
testing;
(c) Which has
been driven more than 500 miles, excluding dealer exchange mileage;
and
(d) Which has never been sold
to a retail customer, subject to §K of regulation .14 of this
chapter.
(9) "Licensee "
means an individual or business entity licensed by the Administration under
Transportation Article, Title 15, Subtitles 2-6, Annotated Code of
Maryland.
(10) "Location" means the
fixed location from which business activities are conducted and that is
specified in the application for the business license.
(11) "Occupational license" means a vehicle
salesman's license issued by the Administration under Transportation Article,
Title 15, Subtitle 4, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(12) "Rebate, cash rebate, or other similar
phrases" means a deduction granted by a dealer or manufacturer from an amount a
purchaser pays to a dealer, or a return by a dealer or manufacturer of part of
an amount given in payment by a purchaser to a dealer after a sale of a vehicle
has been consummated.
(13)
"Representative" means an employee of the business who acts on behalf of the
licensee.
(14) "Service provider"
has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
13-610, Annotated Code
of Maryland.
(15) "Vehicle salesman"
has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
15-101, Annotated Code
of Maryland.
Notes
Regulation .01 amended effective January 1, 1992 (18:25 Md. R. 2752); May 6, 1996 (23:9 Md. R. 670); adopted effective 44:5 Md. R. 294, eff.
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