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SECOND-HAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS ACT 1994 - SECT 8 Duty to notify change of business address

SECOND-HAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS ACT 1994 - SECT 8

Division 2 - Change of business address Duty to notify change of business address

(1)  Where –
(a) a second-hand dealer or pawnbroker who was carrying on business as such immediately before the commencement of this Act proposes to carry on business as such at any premises or second-hand goods market other than the premises or market at which he or she was carrying on business at that time; or
(b) a second-hand dealer or pawnbroker proposes to carry on business as such at any premises or second-hand goods market not specified in a notice given under section 4 (2) –
the second-hand dealer or pawnbroker must give notice in writing of his or her intention to do so to –
(c) the officer in charge of the police station nearest to the premises or market at which he or she proposes to carry on the business; or
(d) if he or she proposes to carry on business as such at more than one premises or market, the officer in charge of the police station that is nearest to one of those premises or markets.
(2)  A second-hand dealer or pawnbroker to whom subsection (1) applies and who carries on business as such without giving notice as required by that subsection is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units and a daily fine not exceeding 2 penalty units in respect of each day during which the offence continues.