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Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004

Obligations of licence holders, promoters, and Internet auction providers - Obligations of all licence holders - Goods

41: Obligation to give Police access to goods

You could also call this:

"Letting Police Check Your Secondhand Goods"

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If you have a licence to deal in secondhand goods or pawnbroking, you must show a constable the goods you have when they ask to see them. You must make the goods available to the constable for them to look at. If you do not show the constable the goods without a good reason, you can be fined up to $10,000.

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

41Obligation to give Police access to goods

  1. A licence holder must, when required to do so by a constable, show, or make available to, that constable all or any of the goods held by the licence holder for the purpose of secondhand dealing or pawnbroking.

  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, on request by a constable, to show or make available to the constable any goods as required by subsection (1).

  3. Section 83 applies to a charge under subsection (2).

Notes
  • Section 41(1): amended, on , pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
  • Section 41(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
  • Section 41(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).