17.1. For the purposes of section 17, where a person brings into Québec a road vehicle (in this section referred to as the “road vehicle brought”) that must be registered under the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2) following an application by the person and which the person acquired by way of a supply made outside Québec by a supplier of another jurisdiction, the value of the vehicle on which the tax under the said section must be calculated shall be reduced by any credit granted by the supplier for another road vehicle he accepted in full or partial consideration for the supply of the road vehicle brought, where the following conditions are met:(1) the person owned the road vehicle thus given in exchange and paid, in respect of the vehicle, tax under this Act or the tax prescribed by Chapter II of the Retail Sales Tax Act (chapter I-1), or any tax of the same nature levied by another jurisdiction, other than the tax payable under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter E-15);
(2) the road vehicle thus given in exchange was a used vehicle and, where tax was paid in respect of that vehicle, the person is not entitled to a rebate of the tax so paid;
(3) the jurisdiction in which the supply of the road vehicle brought was made grants the same tax abatement to persons resident or carrying on a business in its territory;
(4) (paragraph repealed);
(5) the person is not required to collect the tax payable under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter E-15) in respect of a road vehicle so given in exchange.