Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Amendment Act 2013
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Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Amendment Act 2013
Public Act |
2013 No 146 |
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Date of assent |
17 December 2013 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Amendment Act 2013.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004.
4 Interpretation
Paragraph (a) of the definition of secondhand dealer in section 4 is repealed and the following paragraph substituted:
(a)
who buys (other than for personal use or enjoyment or as a gift), sells, exchanges, or otherwise deals in secondhand articles or scrap metal; and
5 Secondhand dealers engaged in business to be licensed
Section 6 is amended by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:
(3)
For the purposes of this Act, a person is presumed (in the absence of evidence to the contrary) to be engaged in business as a secondhand dealer if the person—
(a)
on 6 or more different days within a 12-month period—
(i)
buys secondhand articles or scrap metal for purposes other than personal use or enjoyment or as a gift; or
(ii)
sells or exchanges secondhand articles or scrap metal that was acquired by the person for purposes other than personal use or enjoyment or as a gift; or
(b)
within a 12-month period, obtains revenue of more than $2,000 from the sale of secondhand articles or scrap metal that was acquired by the person for purposes other than personal use or enjoyment or as a gift.
Legislative history
3 December 2013 |
Divided from Consumer Law Reform Bill (Bill 287–2) by committee of the whole House as Bill 287–3D |
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10 December 2013 |
Third reading |
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17 December 2013 |
Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Versions
Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Amendment Act 2013
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