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PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1996 - NOTES

- As at 20 August 2024 - Act 13 of 1996

Does not include amendments by--

Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Amendment Act 2022 No 2 (not commenced)

Historical notes

Table of amending instruments

Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Act 1996 No 13. Assented to 5.6.1996. Date of commencement, 30.4.1997, sec 2 and GG No 43 of 24.4.1997, p 2172. This Act has been amended as follows--

1997 No 55 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997. Assented to 2.7.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.11, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 147 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.19, assent, sec 2 (2).
1998 No 24 Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 3.6.1998.
Date of commencement, 31.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 24.7.1998, p 5607.
No 48 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.16 [1] and [3], 1.1.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9948; the amendment made by Sch 2.16 [2] was without effect as the section being amended was substituted by the Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Amendment Act 1998 No 24.
No 120 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
1999 No 31 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.30 [1], assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 1.30 [2], 1.3.1999, Sch 1.30.
No 85 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 94 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.46, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487.
2000 No 93 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.36, assent, sec 2 (2).
2001 No 121 Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002 No 28 Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002. Assented to 21.6.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.11, 28.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 31.1.2003, p 594. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 1.13, assent, sec 2 (3).
No 53 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002. Assented to 4.7.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.22, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 66 Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002. Assented to 10.7.2002.
Date of commencement, 1.9.2003, sec 2 and GG No 116 of 25.7.2003, p 7445.
No 104 Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002.
Date of commencement, except Sch 1 [15] [18] [22] and [26], Sch 1 [27] (to the extent that it omits sec 30 and inserts a new sec 30), Sch 1 [28] (to the extent that it inserts sec 31A), Sch 1 [29] (to the extent that it inserts sec 32A (1), (3) and (5)) and Sch 1 [30], 15.12.2003, sec 2 and GG No 174 of 31.10.2003, p 10263; date of commencement of Sch 1 [15] [18] [22] and [26], Sch 1 [27] (to the extent that it omits sec 30 and inserts a new sec 30), Sch 1 [28] (to the extent that it inserts sec 31A), Sch 1 [29] (to the extent that it inserts sec 32A (1), (3) and (5)) and Sch 1 [30], 31.3.2005, sec 2 and GG No 198 of 10.12.2004, p 8964. The amendment made by Sch 1 [5] was without effect as the provision being amended was substituted by the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 No 28 (amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112). The amendments made by Sch 1 [6] and [7] were without effect as the provision being amended was repealed by the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 No 28 (amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112).
2003 No 5 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Property Identification) Act 2003. Assented to 28.5.2003.
Date of commencement, 15.12.2003, sec 2 and GG No 196 of 12.12.2003, p 11173.
No 40 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.37, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 82 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.23 [1], assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 1.23 [2], 15.12.2003, Sch 1.23 and GG No 174 of 31.10.2003, p 10263.
2004 No 91 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2004. Assented to 10.12.2004.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.24, assent, sec 2 (2).
2005 No 28 Civil Procedure Act 2005. Assented to 1.6.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 5.38, 15.8.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 100 of 10.8.2005, p 4205.
No 62 Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2006 No 94 Police Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2006. Assented to 22.11.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.22, 1.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 1.2.2007, p 575.
2007 No 94 Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Schs 1.77 and 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2009 No 23 Criminal Organisations Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 19.5.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
2011 No 62 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011. Assented to 16.11.2011.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1).
2012 No 9 Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2012. Assented to 21.3.2012.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2013 No 12 Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Amendment Act 2013. Assented to 3.4.2013.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 95 Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2.
No 107 Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013. Assented to 27.11.2013.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2014, sec 2 (1) and 2014 (637) LW 26.9.2014.
2014 No 33 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. Assented to 24.6.2014.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.9, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1).
2016 No 27 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016. Assented to 7.6.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.21, 8.7.2016, sec 2 (1).
No 55 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2016. Assented to 25.10.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.19, 6.1.2017, sec 2 (1).
No 60 Regulatory and Other Legislation (Amendments and Repeals) Act 2016 No 60. Assented to 14.11.2016.
Amended by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 No 25. Sch 2.6 was not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2018 No 65.
2017 No 22 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017. Assented to 1.6.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, 7 days after assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3).
2018 No 5 Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment (Property Industry Reform) Act 2018. Assented to 21.3.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.11, 23.3.2020, sec 2 and 2019 (625) LW 16.12.2019.
No 65 Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2018. Assented to 31.10.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.10[1]-[3] and [5], 1.7.2020, sec 2(2); Sch 2.10[4] was not commenced and was repealed by the Better Regulation and Customer Service Legislation Amendment (Bushfire Relief) Act 2020 No 3; date of commencement of Schs 3.3 and 8.8, 1.2.2020, sec 2(2) and 2019 (634) LW 20.12.2019; date of commencement of Sch 7.11, assent, sec 2 (1).
2020 No 3 Better Regulation and Customer Service Legislation Amendment (Bushfire Relief) Act 2020. Assented to 25.3.2020.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 25 Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Act 2020. Assented to 28.9.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 6.1, assent, sec 2.
2022 No 59 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2022. Assented to 26.10.2022.
Date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2.
2024 No 25 Better Regulation, Fair Trading and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024. Assented to 31.5.2024.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 53 Better Regulation Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2024. Assented to 20.8.2024.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.10, assent, sec 2(b).

Table of amendments

Sec 3 Am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2005 No 62, Sch 1 [1]; 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [1]; 2012 No 9, Sch 1.9 [1]; 2013 No 12, Sch 2.5; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.28 [1]; 2016 No 27, Sch 1.21 [2]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.50.
Sec 3A Ins 2005 No 62, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 4 Am 1998 No 120, Sch 2.25 [1]; 2002 No 66, Sch 2.6; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [3]; 2013 No 107, Sch 3.9; 2018 No 5, Sch 2.11.
Sec 4A Ins 2020 No 25, Sch 6.1[1]. Am 2024 No 25, Sch 1.7.
Sec 5 Am 2005 No 62, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 8 Am 1998 No 48, Sch 2.16 [1]. Subst 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [2]; 2012 No 9, Sch 1.9 [2].
Sec 8A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [3] [4]; 2012 No 9, Sch 1.9 [2]; 2018 No 65, Sch 3.3[1]-[4].
Sec 9 Subst 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [1]; 2002 No 28, Sch 4.11 [1]. Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.37; 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [5]; 2018 No 65, Sch 2.10[1] [2].
Sec 10 Am 1997 No 147, Sch 1.19. Subst 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [1]; 2002 No 28, Sch 4.11 [2] (am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.13 [3]); 2018 No 65, Sch 2.10[3].
Sec 10A Ins 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2002 No 28, Sch 4.11 [2] (am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.13 [3]). Ins 2018 No 65, Sch 2.10[3].
Sec 11 Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [2]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [8] [9].
Sec 12 Subst 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 12A Ins 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [10]-[12].
Sec 12B Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 13 Am 2002 No 28, Sch 4.11 [3].
Sec 15 Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [4]; 1999 No 31, Sch 1.30 [1].
Sec 15A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 16 Am 1997 No 55, Sch 2.11 [1] [2]; 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 17 Am 2016 No 55, Sch 1.19; 2024 No 25, Sch 2.6.
Sec 19 Am 2003 No 5, Sch 3.
Sec 20 Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.23 [1].
Sec 21 Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 22 Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [8]-[10]. Rep 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [16].
Sec 23 Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.46; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.162 [1]. Rep 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [17].
Sec 26 Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.51.
Sec 27 Am 1998 No 120, Sch 2.25 [2]; 2022 No 59, Sch 2.31.
Sec 28 Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [11]-[13]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [18]-[22]; 2004 No 91, Sch 1.24; 2018 No 65, Sch 8.8[1]-[3]; 2024 No 53, Sch 1.10[1] [2].
Sec 29 Am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [23]-[25].
Sec 29A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [26]. Am 2024 No 53, Sch 1.10[3]-[5].
Sec 29B Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [26].
Sec 29C Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [26].
Sec 30 Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [14] [15]. Subst 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 30A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [27]. Am 2024 No 25, Sch 6.14[1].
Sec 31 Subst 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 31A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [28]. Am 2018 No 65, Sch 7.11.
Sec 32A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [29].
Sec 32B Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [29]. Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.9 [1].
Sec 32C Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [29].
Sec 32D Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [30].
Part 4A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 32E Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.28 [2].
Sec 32F Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.23 [2].
Sec 32G Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.28 [3] [4].
Sec 32H Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 32I Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2005 No 28, Sch 5.38; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.77.
Secs 32J-32L Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 32M Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31] (am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [50]). Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.9 [2] [3].
Sec 33 Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.36 [1] [2].
Sec 33A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [32].
Sec 34 Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [16]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [33]-[35].
Sec 36 Am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.30 [2]; 2002 No 53, Sch 2.22; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [36]; 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [6]; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.28 [5].
Sec 36A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [37].
Sec 36B Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [38].
Sec 38 Am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [39].
Sec 38A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [40].
Sec 39 Subst 1998 No 48, Sch 2.16 [3]. Am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [41]; 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [7]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.110 [1]-[4].
Sec 39A Ins 2017 No 22, Sch 1.15. Am 2022 No 59, Sch 3.50.
Sec 40 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.162 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 40A Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [42].
Sec 42 Am 2011 No 62, Sch 3.23.
Sec 42A Ins 2024 No 25, Sch 6.14[2].
Sec 43 Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [17]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [43]-[46]; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.28 [6]; 2020 No 3, Sch 1.23[1]; 2020 No 25, Sch 6.1[2]; 2024 No 25, Sch 6.14[3].
Sec 44 Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [47]. Am 2006 No 94, Sch 3.22.
Secs 44A, 44B Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [48].
Sch 1 Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 2 Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [18]-[22]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [49] [50]; 2005 No 62, Sch 1 [4]; 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [8]; 2018 No 65, Sch 2.10[5]; 2020 No 3, Sch 1.23[2]; 2020 No 25, Sch 6.1[3].
The whole Act (except Sch 2) Am 2016 No 27, Sch 1.21 [1] ("Director-General" omitted wherever occurring, "Secretary" inserted instead).


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