§ 1231. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1231]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 28--DISCLOSURE OF AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION
Sec. 1231. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter--
(a) The term ``manufacturer'' shall mean any person engaged in the
manufacturing or assembling of new automobiles, including any person
importing new automobiles for resale and any person who acts for and is
under the control of such manufacturer, assembler, or importer in
connection with the distribution of new automobiles.
(b) The term ``person'' means an individual, partnership,
corporation, business trust, or any organized group of persons.
(c) The term ``automobile'' includes any passenger car or station
wagon.
(d) The term ``new automobile'' means an automobile the equitable or
legal title to which has never been transferred by a manufacturer,
distributor, or dealer to an ultimate purchaser.
(e) The term ``dealer'' shall mean any person resident or located in
the United States or any Territory thereof or in the District of
Columbia engaged in the sale or the distribution of new automobiles to
the ultimate purchaser.
(f) The term ``final assembly point'' means--
(1) in the case of a new automobile manufactured or assembled in
the United States, or in any Territory of the United States, the
plant, factory, or other place at which a new automobile is produced
or assembled by a manufacturer and from which such automobile is
delivered to a dealer in such a condition that all component parts
necessary to the mechanical operation of such automobile are
included with such automobile, whether or not such component parts
are permanently installed in or on such automobile; and
(2) in the case of a new automobile imported into the United
States, the port of importation.
(g) The term ``ultimate purchaser'' means, with respect to any new
automobile, the first person, other than a dealer purchasing in his
capacity as a dealer, who in good faith purchases such new automobile
for purposes other than resale.
(h) The term ``commerce'' shall mean commerce among the several
States of the United States or with foreign nations, or in any Territory
of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or among the
Territories or between any Territory and any State or foreign nation, or
between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign
nation. New automobiles delivered to, or for further delivery to,
ultimate purchasers within the United States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
the Trust Territories of the Pacific, the Canal Zone, Wake Island,
Midway Island, Kingman Reef, Johnson Island, or within any other place
under the jurisdiction of the United States shall be deemed to have been
distributed in commerce.
(Pub. L. 85-506, Sec. 2, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 325; Pub. L. 92-359,
July 28, 1972, 86 Stat. 502.)
References in Text
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in subsec. (h), see
section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Amendments
1972--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 92-359 inserted provision that new
automobiles delivered to ultimate purchasers within the United States
and other enumerated areas shall be deemed to have been distributed in
commerce.
Effective Date
Section 5 of Pub. L. 85-506 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this
chapter] shall take effect on the first day of October 1958 or on the
first day of the introduction of any new model of automobile in any line
of automobile beginning after the date of enactment of this Act [July 7,
1958], whichever date shall last occur.''
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 85-506 provided: ``This Act [enacting this
chapter] may be cited as the `Automobile Information Disclosure Act'.''
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular
Possessions.
