New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1996 - SECT 32J

32J Role of authorised officers

(1) An authorised officer may act on behalf of a claimant for the purposes of this Part.

(2) It is the duty of an authorised officer (other than a police officer) to whom a claimant resorts for assistance in pursuance of the claimant's rights under this Part or otherwise in connection with any goods in the possession of a licensee to assist the claimant to the greatest practicable extent by acting on his or her behalf as permitted by this Part and by the exercise, in pursuit of the claimant's rights, of any other powers conferred on the officer by or under this Act.

(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the handling and disposition of goods delivered to an authorised officer under section 32F(4).