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Part 3Obligations of licence holders, promoters, and Internet auction providers
Obligations of all licence holders: Licences and records

37Employee records

  1. Every licence holder must keep an employee record of every person who is employed by the licence holder in the secondhand dealing or pawnbroking business.

  2. The employee record must show—

  3. the full name, date of birth, contact address, and telephone number (if any) of every employee; and
    1. which employees (if any) hold a certificate, and the number of each certificate; and
      1. the date on which each employee commenced employment with the licence holder.

        1. The employee record must be kept—

        2. at the licence holder’s principal place of business; or
          1. if the licence holder is an itinerant secondhand dealer, in the possession of that dealer; or
            1. if regulations provide that employee records may also be kept elsewhere, in accordance with the regulations.

              1. An employer must keep the records on the employee record that relate to each employee for at least 12 months from the date on which the relevant employee ceases employment with the employer.

              2. A licence holder commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, if he or she fails, without reasonable excuse, to—

              3. keep an employee record; or
                1. record in it the information required by this section; or
                  1. keep it at the place and for the period required by this section.

                    Notes
                    • Section 37(5): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).