New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WOOL, HIDE AND SKIN DEALERS ACT 2004 - SECT 19

19 Evidence of consent to sale and of identity of deliverer

(1) Before accepting any wool, hides or skins offered for sale, a licensee must obtain, or must ensure that an employee of the licensee obtains, the following evidence of consent to the sale by the person offering the wool, hides or skins for sale (whether or not the wool, hides or skins are being delivered by another person)--

(a) if the person offering the wool, hides or skins for sale is a natural person--the signature of the person or a statement signed by the person consenting to the sale,

(b) if the person offering the wool, hides or skins for sale is a corporation--a statement signed by an executive officer of the corporation, or an employee authorised in writing by an executive officer of the corporation, consenting to the sale.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(2) Before accepting any delivery of wool, hides or skins, a licensee must inspect, or must ensure that an employee of the licensee inspects, documentary evidence of the identity of the person delivering the wool, hides or skins (whether or not that person is delivering the wool, hides or skins on behalf of another person), being a document that shows each of the following--

(a) a photograph of the person,

(b) the date of birth of the person,

(c) the residential address of the person.

That document may be, but is not limited to, the forms of identification specified in clause 2 of Schedule 1.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(3) A licensee must not accept any wool, hides or skins delivered to the licensee if the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that the documentary evidence of the identity of the person delivering the wool, hides or skins is false in a material particular.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(4) A licensee, or employee of a licensee, who has previously been satisfied as to the identity of a person who has delivered wool, hides or skins by inspecting the evidence of identity required by subsection (2) is not required by that subsection to again inspect that evidence of identity on any subsequent occasion that the person delivers wool, hides or skins to the licensee.