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PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1994

Table of Provisions

PART 1 -- Preliminary  

  • 1 Short title
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  • 2 Commencement
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  • 3 Terms used in this Act
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  • 3A Meaning of “pawnbroker”
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  • 4 Application
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  • 5 Buy-back contracts regarded as lending money on security of pawned goods

PART 2 -- Licensing of pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers

Division 1 -- Requirement for licences  

  • 6 Pawnbrokers to be licensed
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  • 7 Second-hand dealers to be licensed
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  • 8 Natural persons only to be licensed
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  • 8A Premises in respect of which licences apply
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  • 9 Offence of holding out, etc.

Division 2 -- Licensing  

  • 10 Licensing officers
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  • 11 Notice of intention to apply for licence
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  • 12 Expedited applications
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  • 13 How to apply for issue of licence
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  • 14 Documentation in support of application for issue of licence
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  • 15 How and when to apply for renewal of licence
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  • 16 Documentation in support of application for renewal of licence
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  • 17 Offences in relation to licence applications
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  • 18 Objections to issue or renewal of licences
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  • 19 Issue of licences
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  • 20 Renewal of licences
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  • 21 Issue and renewal of licences held on behalf of partnerships and bodies corporate
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  • 22 Declining issue or renewal of licence
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  • 23 Form of licences
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  • 24 Conditions and restrictions
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  • 25 Not transferable
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  • 26 Duration of licences
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  • 27 Suspension, revocation of licences and disqualification
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  • 28 Commissioner to keep register of licences

Division 3 -- Review of licensing decisions  

  • 30 Review
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  • 32 Returns by executive officer of the State Administrative Tribunal
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  • 33 Effect of charges pending on Court hearings

Division 4 -- Powers of courts generally in relation to licences  

  • 34 Courts may suspend, revoke licence or disqualify person upon conviction
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  • 35 Returns by courts

Division 5 -- Other requirements in relation to licences  

  • 36 Sign to be displayed
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  • 37 Certain employee records to be kept, provided to police
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  • 37A Advertisements

PART 3 -- Contracts with pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers

Division 1 -- Duties of pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers  

  • 38 Persons under 18 or affected by alcohol or drugs
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  • 39 Identification of persons
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  • 40 Offences in relation to false information
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  • 41 Records to be made by pawnbrokers
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  • 42 Pawn tickets
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  • 43 Records to be made by second-hand dealers
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  • 44 Records to be provided by second-hand dealers
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  • 45 Keeping of records
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  • 46 Tampering with records
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  • 47 Goods to carry contract number
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  • 48 Pawn ticket “lost” or “stolen”

Division 2 -- Redemption and sale of goods  

  • 49 Term used in this Division
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  • 50 When goods may be redeemed
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  • 51 Where pawned goods to be kept
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  • 52 When goods to be redeemed
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  • 53 When goods not to be redeemed
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  • 54 Redemption only to holder of pawn ticket
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  • 55 Sale of unredeemed goods
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  • 56 Unredeemed goods not to be bought by or on behalf of pawnbroker
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  • 57 Application of proceeds of sale
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  • 58 Records to be made on sale of unredeemed goods
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  • 59 Notice as to surplus
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  • 60 Payment of surplus on demand

Division 3 -- Retention of second-hand goods  

  • 61 Second-hand goods to be kept unchanged at least 14 days
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  • 62 Where second-hand goods to be kept

Division 4 -- Other matters relating to contracts with pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers  

  • 63 Pawnbroker not to charge establishment fee
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  • 64 Re-pledging of goods prohibited
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  • 65 No contracting out of liability for loss or damage
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  • 66 Buyer may be compensated
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  • 67 Certain rights etc. saved
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  • 68 Reopening pawnbroking contracts
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  • 69 Civil consequences of breach of section
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  • 70 Civil consequences of breach of section
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  • 71 Criminal liability
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  • 72 Breach does not otherwise vitiate contract
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  • 73 Relief from sections 69 and

PART 4 -- Enforcement  

  • 74 Entry to and inspection of licensed premises without warrant
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  • 75 Assistance in the location of goods at licensed premises
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  • 76 Provision of, and assistance in relation to, records etc.
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  • 77 Police may seize records for certain purposes
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  • 78 Police to be informed in certain circumstances
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  • 79 Information about goods to be given to Commissioner in accordance with regulations
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  • 80 Notice to stop dealing
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  • 81 Seizure of goods suspected stolen
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  • 82 Name and address
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  • 83 Power of pawnbrokers, dealers etc. to arrest
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  • 84 Offence of hindering police
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  • 85 Summary orders where goods stolen, pawned etc.
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  • 86 Summary orders where competing claims to goods
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  • 87 Procedure for sections 85 and
  •   88. Licensee’s liability for employees, agents  
  • 89 Liability of partners and bodies corporate
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  • 90 Infringement notices

PART 5 -- Miscellaneous  

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