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Part 2Licences and certificates
Licences: how to get licensed

13Effect of licence

  1. A person who holds a licence is authorised to carry on business as a secondhand dealer or to act as a pawnbroker, or to do both.

  2. The obligations relating to all licence holders are set out in section 17 and subpart 1 of Part 3.

  3. The additional obligations relating specifically to licensed secondhand dealers are set out in subpart 2 of Part 3.

  4. The additional obligations relating specifically to licensed pawnbrokers are set out in subpart 3 of Part 3.

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  • 1963 No 10 s 6