New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1996 - SECT 9

9 Application to licences of Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002

(1) The Director-General may grant the following licences for the purposes of this Act:

(a) pawnbrokers’ licences,

(b) second-hand dealers’ licences,

(c) combined pawnbrokers’ and second-hand dealers’ licences.

(2) Part 2 of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 ( "the applied Act") applies to and in respect of a licence, subject to the modifications and limitations prescribed by or under this Act.

(3) For the purpose of applying Part 2 of the applied Act to a licence:

(a) the licence may be amended under that Act, and

(b) an application for restoration of a licence under section 10 of that Act may not be made more than 3 months after the date on which the licence expires.

(4) Subject to this section, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to such matters concerning a licence as are relevant to the operation of Part 2 of the applied Act.

(5) Nothing in Part 2 of the applied Act requires the Director-General to give any reasons for refusing an application for a licence because of section 8A (2A) to the extent that the giving of those reasons would disclose any criminal intelligence.