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Part 2Licences and certificates
Licences: how to get licensed

17Updating licence information

  1. If any of the details that were included on the licence application change (for example, new places of business are added or a person concerned in the management of the company leaves), the licence holder must immediately advise a Licensing Authority of the change.

  2. The advice must be—

  3. in a form approved by the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice after consultation with all Licensing Authorities; and
    1. accompanied by any prescribed fee.

      1. On receiving advice under subsection (1), a Licensing Authority must, if those details are reflected on the licence that has been issued, issue an amended licence (and certified copies, if applicable). An amended licence is not a new or renewed licence.

      2. If an amended licence is issued, the licence holder must immediately return the old licence and any old certified copies of the licence to a Licensing Authority.

      3. A licensed secondhand dealer and pawnbroker commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000, if he or she fails without reasonable excuse to comply with subsection (1) or subsection (3).

      Compare
      • 1908 No 141 s 8
      • 1963 No 10 s 7
      Notes
      • Section 17(1): amended, on , by section 304 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
      • Section 17(1A): inserted, on , by section 280 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
      • Section 17(2): amended, on , by section 304 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
      • Section 17(3): amended, on , by section 304 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
      • Section 17(4): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).