Western Australian Current Acts

PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1994 - SECT 47

47 .         Goods to carry contract number

        (1)         A pawnbroker must ensure —

            (a)         that all pawned goods are marked or labelled with the distinguishing number of the contract under which the goods were pawned; and

            (b)         in the case of pawned goods received under a contract for sale where the seller has a right to buy back the goods — that the goods are marked or labelled in a manner that identifies them as goods that are subject to that right.

        (2)         A second-hand dealer must ensure that all second-hand goods obtained by the dealer that are for sale or exchange by the dealer are marked or labelled with the distinguishing number of the contract under which the goods were obtained.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Section 47 amended: No. 46 of 2006 s. 18.]