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Who Must Take the Automotive Certification Course?

(This section does not apply to "Fleet Lessor" subclasses or to the "Lease Finance" class.)

Under the Act, it will be a condition of registration or renewal that each dealer appoint and identify to OMVIC at least one "person in charge" of the dealership. These persons must have taken the OMVIC Automotive Certification Course or have been in charge of a dealership for a minimum of two years since January 1, 2007. A person who has been in charge of day-to-day operations of a dealership since January 1, 2007, is not required by theAct to take the Automotive Certification Course, though it is highly recommended.

Consider these scenarios:

    1. Is the dealership registered as a sole proprietorship? If so, the sole proprietor must have taken the Automotive Certification Course or have been a person in charge of a dealership since January 1, 2007.
      AND
    2. Is there another person in charge of the business on a day-to-day basis? If so, that person must have taken the Automotive Certification Course or have been a person in charge of a dealership since January 1, 2007.
    1. Is the dealer registered as a partnership? If so, one of the partners must have taken the Automotive Certification Course orhave been a person in charge of a dealership since January 1, 2007.
      AND
    2. Is there another person in charge of the business on a day-to-day basis? If so, that person must have taken the Automotive Certification Course or have been a person in charge of a dealership since January 1, 2007.
    1. Is the dealer registered as a corporation? If so, at least one of the officers and directors must have taken the Automotive Certification Course or have been a person in charge of a dealership since January 1, 2007.
      AND
    2. Is there another person in charge of the business on a day-to-day basis? If so, that person must have taken the Automotive Certification Course or have been a person in charge of a dealership since January 1, 2007.

Note: If the dealer is renewing registration and the previously identified “person in charge” has left, a new designee must be appointed and identified as a condition of renewal.

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