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471-b. Judicial review
A decision of the presiding officer under section four hundred
seventy-one-a of this article shall be subject to review by the
supreme court in the manner provided by article seventy-eight
of the civil practice law and rules.
472. Separability
If any part or provision of this article or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment
shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision or
application directly involved in the controversy in which
such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect
or impair the validity of the remainder of this article or the
application thereof to other persons or circumstances.
473. Savings clause
Nothing in this article shall prohibit, limit, restrict or impose
conditions on:
1. The business activities (including, without limitation,
the dealings with motor vehicle manufacturers and their
representatives and affiliates) of any person that is primarily
engaged in the business of rental of motor vehicles and
industrial and construction equipment and activities
incidental to that business provided that (a) any motor
vehicles sold by such person are limited to usedmotor vehicles
that have been previously used exclusively and regularly by
such person in the conduct of business and used motor
vehicles traded in on motor vehicles sold by such person,
(b) warranty repairs performed by such person on motor
vehicles are limited to those motor vehicles that it owns,
previously owned or takes in trade, and (c) motor vehicle
financing provided by such person to retail consumers for
motor vehicles is limited to vehicles sold by such person in
the conduct of business; or
2. The direct or indirect ownership, affiliation or control of a
person described in subdivision one of this section.