South Australia
Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Regulations 2013
under the Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1996

Contents
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Application of Act
5	Modification of Act in relation to abandoned goods
6	Requirements to be complied with by auctioneer
7	Disqualification from carrying on business as second‑hand dealer (section 6 of Act)
8	Notification by dealers, proposed dealers or former dealers (section 7 of Act)
9	Verification of identification
10	Claim to goods in possession of second‑hand dealer (section 11 of Act)
11	Content of pawn tickets (section 13 of Act)
12	Records of sale of unredeemed pawns (section 14 of Act)
13	Notification by operator of second‑hand market (section 15 of Act)
14	Records to be kept by operator of second‑hand market (section 16 of Act)
Schedule 1—Notice of claim to goods in possession of second‑hand dealer
Schedule 2—Revocation of Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Regulations 1998
Legislative history

1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Regulations 2013.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 1 September 2013.
3—Interpretation
In these regulations—
Act means the Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1996;
interactive game console means equipment for the playing of a game—
	(a)	that involves a display on a computer monitor, television screen, liquid crystal display or similar medium; and
	(b)	where the way in which the game proceeds and the result achieved at various stages of the game is determined in response to the decisions, inputs and direct involvement of the player;
prescribed goods means goods of any of the following kinds:
	(a)	gemstones or precious metals;
	(b)	items of jewellery that include gemstones or precious metals;
	(c)	watches;
	(d)	sporting or recreational goods (but not including clothing or footwear);
	(e)	watercraft (including jet skis, windsurfers and surfboards) or parts of watercraft (including outboard motors);
	(f)	musical instruments (but not including pianos other than electric or electronic pianos);
	(g)	portable engine‑powered, motorised or air‑powered tools or equipment;
	(h)	tool kits;
	(i)	photographic equipment or video cameras;
	(j)	computer hardware or interactive game consoles;
	(k)	computer programs or computer programs and data, including those comprising games for use with interactive game consoles;
	(l)	electric or electronic goods including—
	(i)	televisions, radios, compact disc players, video tape players, digital video disc players or other audio or audio‑visual systems;
	(ii)	mobile or portable telephones;
	(iii)	microwave ovens,
(but not including refrigerators, washing machines, clothes dryers, dishwashers, stoves, under bench ovens or wall ovens);
	(m)	compact discs or digital video discs;
	(n)	vehicles without their own automotive power (including bicycles, caravans and trailers);
	(o)	motor vehicles;
	(p)	the following motor vehicle components:
	(i)	front left fenders;
	(ii)	front right fenders;
	(iii)	front left doors;
	(iv)	front right doors;
	(v)	rear left doors;
	(vi)	rear right doors;
	(vii)	rear left quarter panels;
	(viii)	rear right quarter panels;
	(ix)	body shells;
	(x)	front sections of body shells;
	(xi)	rear sections of body shells;
	(xii)	automatic or manual transmissions;
	(xiii)	engines;
	(xiv)	boot lids;
	(xv)	tailgates;
	(xvi)	hoods;
	(xvii)	air bags;
	(xviii)	frames;
	(xix)	motor vehicle seats;
prescribed motor vehicle component—see paragraph (p) of the definition of prescribed goods;
written‑off vehicle has the same meaning as in Part 7 of the Motor Vehicles Regulations 2010;
written‑off vehicle notice has the same meaning as in Part 7 of the Motor Vehicles Regulations 2010.
4—Application of Act
	(1)	Sections 8 and 9 of the Act apply only in relation to the following kinds of goods:
	(a)	goods that a dealer receives under a contract of pawn;
	(b)	prescribed goods.
	(2)	Section 10 of the Act applies only in relation to prescribed goods.
	(3)	Section 10(2) of the Act does not apply in relation to—
	(a)	gemstones or precious metals; or
	(b)	items of jewellery that include gemstones or precious metals; or
	(c)	watches.
	(4)	Section 10 of the Act does not apply in relation to second‑hand goods that have come into the possession of a second‑hand dealer (the transferee dealer) if—
	(a)	the goods were acquired from another second‑hand dealer (the transferor dealer); and
	(b)	the transferor dealer retained the goods in accordance with section 10 or, if the goods have been successively acquired by a chain of second‑hand dealers, the first in that chain retained the goods in accordance with section 10; and
	(c)	the transferee dealer keeps, as a record for the purposes of section 8 of the Act, a copy of a certificate signed by the second‑hand dealer who retained the goods in accordance with section 10 certifying as to that retention.
	(5)	Sections 9 and 10 of the Act do not apply in relation to a written‑off vehicle or a motor vehicle component from a written‑off vehicle if the dealer records, for the purposes of section 8 of the Act, the serial number of a written‑off vehicle notice affixed to the vehicle.
	(6)	Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Act do not apply in relation to the following businesses:
	(a)	the business of selling second‑hand vehicles carried on by a person licensed as a dealer, or exempt from the requirement to be licensed as a dealer, under the Second-hand Vehicle Dealers Act 1995;
	(b)	the business of repairing prescribed goods for customers;
	(c)	the business of acquiring prescribed goods for the purposes of recycling metal and selling scrap metal obtained from those goods.
	(7)	For the purposes of the application of the Act, an ADI or a registered corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth will not be considered to be a pawnbroker only by reason of receiving goods under a contract for sale where the seller has a right to buy back the goods.
	(8)	Part 2 of the Act does not apply in relation to the sale of goods by an organisation formed for religious, educational or other charitable or beneficial community purposes where all the goods sold have been donated to the organisation and the proceeds of the sale (after deduction of expenses relating to the sale) go to the organisation.
	(9)	Part 4 of the Act does not apply in relation to—
	(a)	a second‑hand market conducted by an organisation formed for religious, educational or other charitable or beneficial community purposes where all the goods sold have been donated to the organisation and the proceeds of the sale (after deduction of the expenses of the market) go to the organisation; or
	(b)	a second‑hand market where no prescribed goods are sold.
5—Modification of Act in relation to abandoned goods
	(1)	The application of the Act is modified in relation to abandoned goods removed by a second‑hand dealer at the request or with the authorisation of a council or an agency of the Crown in the course of or for the purposes of the dealer's business so that—
	(a)	the records required to be kept under section 8 of the Act in relation to the goods—
	(i)	need not contain the information set out in section 8(4) of the Act; but
	(ii)	must contain—
	(A)	the name and address of the council or the agency of the Crown at whose request or with whose authorisation the goods were removed; and
	(B)	a description of the goods; and
	(C)	a description identifying the place from which the goods were removed; and
	(D)	the date on which the goods were removed; and
	(b)	on the sale of the goods by the dealer, the dealer must—
	(i)	record, for the purposes of section 8 of the Act, the name and residential address or business name and business address of the purchaser of the goods and the date of sale; and
	(ii)	if the purchaser of the goods is not another second‑hand dealer, verify the identity of the purchaser and record, for the purposes of section 8 of the Act, details of the means used to verify the information; and
	(c)	sections 8(5), 9 and 10 of the Act do not apply in relation to the goods.
	(2)	In this regulation—
abandoned goods means goods that have been abandoned or left, or unlawfully deposited or placed, on a road, in a public place or on local government land or Crown land;
council, local government land, public place and road have the same respective meanings as in the Local Government Act 1999.
6—Requirements to be complied with by auctioneer
For the purposes of the definition of second‑hand market in section 3 of the Act and for the purposes of section 10(3)(e) of the Act, an auctioneer must comply with the following requirements in relation to each lot of prescribed goods auctioned by the auctioneer:
	(a)	in the case of an auctioneer who is a second‑hand dealer1—the auctioneer must record against the entry relating to the goods kept under section 8 of the Act—
	(i)	the date on which the goods were auctioned; and
	(ii)	the place at which the goods were auctioned; and
	(iii)	a note of whether or not the goods were sold at auction and, if the goods were sold, the amount for which the goods were sold;
	(b)	in the case of an auctioneer who is not a second‑hand dealer—the auctioneer must—
	(i)	keep records relating to the goods, and confirm and verify the information recorded, as required by section 8 of the Act as if the auctioneer were a second‑hand dealer (except that identification codes need not be recorded as required by section 8(4)(f)); and
	(ii)	record against the entry relating to the goods kept under subparagraph (i)—
	(A)	the date on which the goods were auctioned; and
	(B)	the place at which the goods were auctioned; and
	(C)	a note of whether or not the goods were sold at auction and, if the goods were sold, the amount for which the goods were sold.
Note—
1	Section 24(1)(c) of the Act provides that if in proceedings for an offence against the Act it is established that, within the period of 12 months immediately preceding the date of the alleged offence, the defendant conducted 6 or more auctions for the sale of second‑hand goods on behalf of other persons, it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the defendant was carrying on business as a second‑hand dealer on the date of the alleged offence.
7—Disqualification from carrying on business as second‑hand dealer (section 6 of Act)
For the purposes of section 6(2)(b) of the Act, an offence against section 8, 10 or 16 of the Act is an offence of a prescribed kind.
8—Notification by dealers, proposed dealers or former dealers (section 7 of Act)
	(1)	For the purposes of section 7(3)(a) of the Act, the following is required to be contained in a notice under section 7:
	(a)	in the case of a natural person who is a second‑hand dealer or proposed second‑hand dealer—the full name and residential address of the person (and, if the business is to be carried on in partnership, of each partner);
	(b)	in the case of a body corporate that is a dealer or proposed dealer—
	(i)	the name and residential address of each director; and
	(ii)	the address of the registered corporate office of the body corporate;
	(c)	the name under which the business or proposed business is to be carried on;
	(d)	each address at which the business or proposed business is to be carried on;
	(e)	each address at which records required to be kept under the Act are or will be kept;
	(f)	each address at which goods bought or received in the course of or for the purposes of the business or proposed business are or will be kept;
	(g)	a brief description of the nature of the business or proposed business, including a description of the types of goods that are or are proposed to be bought or received in the course of or for the purposes of the business or proposed business;
	(h)	a statement as to whether or not any circumstance applies by virtue of which the person would be disqualified under section 6 of the Act from carrying on business as a second‑hand dealer;
	(i)	an address for service.
	(2)	For the purposes of section 7(4) of the Act, notice must be given to the Commissioner of Police as follows:
	(a)	if there is any change in—
	(i)	the residential address of a second‑hand dealer; or
	(ii)	the name in which a second‑hand dealer carries on business; or
	(iii)	the address of the registered corporate office of a second‑hand dealer that is a body corporate; or
	(iv)	the address at which the business of a second‑hand dealer is carried on; or
	(v)	the address at which records required to be kept under the Act by a second‑hand dealer or former second‑hand dealer are kept; or
	(vi)	the address at which goods bought or received in the course of or for the purposes of the business of a second‑hand dealer are kept; or
	(vii)	the address for service of a second‑hand dealer or, unless the person is no longer required to keep records under the Act, the address for service of a former second‑hand dealer,
the second‑hand dealer or former second‑hand dealer must, within 14 days, give written notice to the Commissioner of the new address or name (as the case may be);
	(b)	if a second‑hand dealer ceases to carry on business as a dealer, the person must, within 14 days, give written notice to the Commissioner of that fact;
	(c)	if a person enters into a partnership to carry on business as a second‑hand dealer or ceases to be in such a partnership, the person must, within 14 days, give written notice to the Commissioner of that fact, together with the names and addresses of the members of the new or former partnership;
	(d)	if a person becomes a director of a body corporate that is a second‑hand dealer, the body corporate must, within 14 days, give written notice to the Commissioner of the name and residential address of the new director;
	(e)	if an event occurs by virtue of which a person is disqualified under section 6 of the Act from continuing to carry on business as a second‑hand dealer, the person must immediately inform the Commissioner of the event.
9—Verification of identification
	(1)	If a person is required by the Act or these regulations to verify the identity of another (a customer) and record details of the means used to verify that information, the person must verify the identity and record the details in accordance with this regulation.
	(2)	The identity of a customer must be verified by examining in accordance with subregulation (3) evidence produced by the customer consisting of—
	(a)	a single card or document that appears—
	(i)	to have been issued by the government or a statutory authority of the State or the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory; and
	(ii)	to bear the name, residential address and signature and a photograph of the customer; or
	(b)	two or more cards or documents—
	(i)	at least one of which appears to have been issued by the government or a statutory authority of the State or the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory and the other or others of which appear to have been issued for some official or other proper purpose by a person or body other than the customer; and
	(ii)	that together appear to bear the name, residential address and signature of the customer.
	(3)	The person must examine the evidence produced by the customer so as to ensure—
	(a)	that it does not appear to have been forged or tampered with; and
	(b)	that it contains a name and address matching the name and address given to the person by the customer as the customer's name and residential address; and
	(c)	that it contains a signature apparently matching the signature of the customer obtained by the person; and
	(d)	if it consists of a single card or document—that the photograph is a likeness of the customer.
	(4)	The following details of each card or document used to verify the identity of a customer must be recorded:
	(a)	if the card or document has an identifying number—that number;
	(b)	if the card or document does not have an identifying number but does bear the date of its issue—that date;
	(c)	details sufficient to enable identification of the body or person who apparently issued the card or document.
10—Claim to goods in possession of second‑hand dealer (section 11 of Act)
	(1)	For the purposes of section 11(3)(a) of the Act, the notice set out in Schedule 1 is prescribed.
	(2)	For the purposes of section 11(3)(c) of the Act, the dealer must notify, and give a copy of the notice to—
	(a)	the police officer in charge of the police station nearest to the place at which the goods subject to the notice are kept; or
	(b)	a police officer designated for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station.
11—Content of pawn tickets (section 13 of Act)
For the purposes of section 13(2)(c) of the Act, a pawn ticket must contain, in addition to the information required by section 13(2), the following information:
	(a)	the full name, residential address and signature of the person pawning the goods;
	(b)	an accurate description of each item of the goods including, where applicable, their types, sizes, colours, brands, serial numbers and other distinguishing features;
	(c)	a unique identification code;
	(d)	the date on which the goods are pawned;
	(e)	the end date of the redemption period;
	(f)	a statement that the redemption period may be extended by agreement between the pawnbroker and the person entitled to redeem the goods and a description of the procedures for doing so;
	(g)	a statement that, if at the end of the redemption period the goods have not been redeemed, the pawnbroker is required, as soon as reasonably practicable, to sell the goods in a manner conducive to securing the best price reasonably obtainable;
	(h)	the address at which the goods will be kept during the redemption period;
	(i)	if the ticket covers more than 1 item of goods—a statement of whether or not the items may be separately redeemed;
	(j)	the rate of interest charged by week, month, or other period, as the case may be, and an equivalent annual interest rate (ie. the rate that bears to a year the same proportion as the periodic interest rate bears to the period in respect of which interest is charged);
	(k)	a statement of any fees or charges that were not treated as interest for the purposes of calculating the rate of interest disclosed under paragraph (i).
12—Records of sale of unredeemed pawns (section 14 of Act)
For the purposes of section 14(5) of the Act, the details of the sale of the goods that must be recorded are—
	(a)	the date on which the goods are sold; and
	(b)	the amount for which the goods are sold.
13—Notification by operator of second‑hand market (section 15 of Act)
	(1)	For the purposes of section 15(3) of the Act, a notice under section 15 must contain the following information:
	(a)	in the case of a natural person who operates or proposes to operate a second‑hand market—the full name, residential address and business address (if any) of the person;
	(b)	in the case of a body corporate that operates or proposes to operate a second‑hand market—
	(i)	the full name and residential address of each director; and
	(ii)	the address of the registered corporate office of the body corporate;
	(c)	the name in which the second‑hand market is or is to be operated;
	(d)	the address at which the second‑hand market is or is to be held;
	(e)	a statement of whether or not the second‑hand market is or is to be operated on a continuing basis and details of when the market operates or is to operate;
	(f)	each address at which records required to be kept under the Act are or will be kept;
	(g)	a statement of whether or not prescribed goods are or may be sold at the second‑hand market;
	(h)	a brief description of the nature of the second‑hand market or proposed second‑hand market, including a description of the types of goods that are or are proposed to be sold at the market or proposed market;
	(i)	an address for service.
	(2)	For the purposes of section 15(4) of the Act, notice must be given to the Commissioner of Police as follows:
	(a)	if there is any change in—
	(i)	the residential address of the person who operates a second‑hand market; or
	(ii)	the address of the registered corporate office of a body corporate that operates a second‑hand market; or
	(iii)	the name in which a second‑hand market is operated; or
	(iv)	the address at which a second‑hand market is operated; or
	(v)	the address at which records required to be kept under this Act by a person who operates or formerly operated a second‑hand market are kept; or
	(vi)	the address for service of a person who operates a second‑hand market or, unless the person is no longer required to keep records under the Act, the address for service of a person who formerly operated a second‑hand market,
the person who operates or formerly operated the second‑hand market must, within 14 days, give written notice to the Commissioner of the new address or name (as the case may be);
	(b)	if a second‑hand market that has been operated on a continuing basis ceases to be operated, the person who operated the market must, within 14 days, give written notice to the Commissioner of that fact;
	(c)	if a person enters into a partnership to operate a second‑hand market or ceases to be in such a partnership, the person must, within 14 days, give written notice to the Commissioner of that fact, together with the names and addresses of the members of the new or former partnership;
	(d)	if a person becomes a director of a body corporate that operates a second‑hand market, the body corporate must, within 14 days, give written notice to the Commissioner of the name and residential address of the new director.
14—Records to be kept by operator of second‑hand market (section 16 of Act)
	(1)	For the purposes of section 16 of the Act, the following records must be kept in relation to each day on which second‑hand goods are sold at the second‑hand market:
	(a)	the date on which and the place at which the second‑hand market is held;
	(b)	the full names and residential or business addresses of each person who sells prescribed goods at the second‑hand market.
	(2)	For the purposes of section 16 of the Act, the identity of the persons recorded under subregulation (1)(b) must be verified, and details of the means used to verify the identity must be recorded, in accordance with these regulations.

Schedule 1—Notice of claim to goods in possession of second‑hand dealer
Claim to goods in possession of second‑hand dealer
Claimant
Name of claimant:
Address of claimant:
I claim that the following goods are stolen goods and that I am entitled to possession of the goods.
Description of goods:
I claim that the goods were stolen on [insert date] from [insert location/address]
Police station at which goods reported stolen (if so reported):
Police report number (if known):
I can identify the goods as goods to which I am entitled because of the following marks or features:
Date:
Signature of claimant:
Second‑hand dealer
Name of second‑hand dealer:
Business address of dealer:
Address at which claimed goods located:
Date:
Signature of dealer:
Information
1	This notice must be completed and signed by the claimant and the dealer.
2	The dealer must—
	•	immediately on completion and signing of the notice, give the claimant a copy of the notice; and
	•	notify a police officer of the making of the claim, and give the officer a copy of the notice, in accordance with the regulations; and
	•	keep a copy of the notice at the place at which the goods are kept.
3	The dealer must not, without the written authority of a police officer, sell or part with possession of the goods.
4	The Magistrates Court may, on application by a person entitled to the possession of stolen goods that are or have been in possession of a second‑hand dealer—
	•	order that the goods be returned to the person or, if the dealer has unlawfully sold or parted with possession of the goods, that the dealer pay to the person the value of the goods;
	•	make such other orders as to compensation for damage to the goods or otherwise as it thinks fit.

Schedule 2—Revocation of Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Regulations 1998
The Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Regulations 1998 are revoked.

Legislative history
Notes
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Principal regulations
Year	No	Reference	Commencement	
2013	213	Gazette 29.8.2013 p3653	1.9.2013: r 2