Auctioneers Act 1928

Licensing of auctioneers

3 No person to carry on business as an auctioneer unless licensed

  • (1) No person shall, except as hereinafter provided, carry on business as an auctioneer unless he is the holder of an auctioneer's licence under this Act.

    (2) Where 2 or more persons carry on business as auctioneers in partnership it shall be sufficient compliance with this section if one of those persons is the holder of a licence applied for and issued on behalf of the partnership firm as provided by this Act.

    (3) [Repealed]

    (4) The holder of an auctioneer's licence shall not thereby be authorised to conduct sales by auction unless he is specified in the licence as the other person authorised thereunder to conduct sales by auction.

    Subsection (3) was repealed, as from 1 April 1958, by section 3(a) Auctioneers Amendment Act 1957 (1957 No 11).