Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1906 - SECT 8

    (1)     This section applies if a licensed second-hand dealer buys or otherwise receives second-hand goods from someone else.

    (2)     The second-hand dealer must not sell or otherwise dispose of the second-hand goods, and must keep them in the condition in which the dealer receives them for—

        (a)     if the dealer is a dealer for which a period of less than 5 working days is prescribed under the regulations—the prescribed period after the dealer buys or otherwise receives the goods; or

        (b)     in any other case—5 working days after the dealer buys or otherwise receives the goods.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     The regulations may—

        (a)     exempt a second-hand dealer from subsection (2); or

        (b)     authorise the chief police officer to exempt a dealer from subsection (2).