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Department of Justice and Community Safety

SECOND-HAND DEALERS

Second-hand dealers are regulated to prevent trade in stolen property.

The Office of Regulatory Services, Business and Industry Licensing administers the regulation of second-hand dealers in the ACT.

What legislation covers second-hand dealers?

The Second-Hand Dealers Act 1906 regulates the sale of second-hand goods in the ACT.

What is required under the Act?

Traders selling second-hand goods are required to be licensed as second-hand dealers.

Who is a second-hand dealer?

A person who has a business that deals in, or buys, second-hand goods (as defined below).

What are second-hand goods?

  • Jewellery that includes gemstones or precious metals
  • Precious metal
  • Watches
  • Sporting and recreational goods other than clothes, shoes or goods sold by the Defence Force
  • Bicycles
  • Musical instruments
  • Photographic equipment
  • Tools, including tool kits and portable engine powered tools, portable motorised tools, other than tools sold by the Defence Force
  • Portable engine tools, portable motorised tools or portable air-powered tools, other than motorised wheelchairs, wheeled lounges, spinal carriages and other similar goods designed to carry a person with a disability; or goods sold by the Defence Force
  • Electrical or electronic goods, including microwave ovens, compact disc readers, compact disc writers and compact disc rewriters, other than refrigerators, washing machines and other whitegoods
  • Computer hardware and computer software
  • Audio cassettes and records (singles and albums)
  • Video cassettes, floppy discs, compact (laser-read) discs, digital video discs and other electronic information storage devices
  • Watercraft and parts of watercraft
  • Car radios, car stereos and car sound equipment; and
  • Mobile telephones and mobile telephone accessories.

 

Applications

Forms for a second-hand dealers licence can be downloaded here, can be collected from the ORS Shopfront (255 Canberra Avenue, Fyshwick ACT 2609) or posted to you. You should call 6207 0562 to request the forms.

 

Fees and Charges

 

Legislation

To obtain the full details of the second-hand dealers industry in the ACT, you should read the Second-Hand Dealers Act 1906.