Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989 - SECT 36

Transitional provisions (2001 amendments)

36. Transitional provisions (2001 amendments)



(1) In this section, appointed day means the day on which section 7(2) of the
Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers (Amendment) Act 2001 comes into operation.

(2) A person who, immediately before the appointed day, was registered under
Part 2 is deemed, on and from that day, to be an endorsed pawnbroker.





(3) Subsection (2) ceases to apply to a person on the expiry of the period of
3 months commencing on the appointed day unless the person has during that
period applied under section 7A for an endorsement in which case subsection
(2) ceases to apply when the application is finally determined, whether on
appeal or otherwise, or at the end of any appeal period, whichever is the
later.

(4) If subsection (3) applies then, despite section 9AA(1)(c), the initial
endorsement fee for the endorsement is to be paid to the Authority within 6
weeks after the date of endorsement but if not paid within that period, the
endorsement is cancelled.

(5) This Act as in force immediately before the appointed day continues to
apply to any prosecution for an offence under this Act or an application for
review under section 9B that is not finally determined before that day.

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