Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
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244 Interpretation business premises means premises at which, under a licence: (a) business may be conducted with members of the public; and (b) goods may be stored.
Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 93 lawn sale means a sale of goods from a residential dwelling, or from a parcel of land on which a residential dwelling is situated, where the property in the goods was not acquired by the seller through his or her business as a pawnbroker or a second-hand dealer. licence means a pawnbroker's licence, a pawnbroker/second-hand dealer's licence or a second-hand dealer's licence. licensee means a person who holds a licence. officer, in relation to a body corporate, includes a director, secretary, executive officer or employee of the body. pawnbroker means a person conducting the business of: (a) lending money on the security of pawned goods; or (b) receiving goods under a contract for sale where the seller has a right to buy back the goods. pawn ticket means a statement required to be given under section 280. redemption period means the period referred to in section 288(1)(a)(i) or (ii), whichever applies in the particular case. second-hand dealer means a person conducting the business of buying, selling or exchanging second-hand goods, whether the goods are bought, sold or exchanged on the person's own behalf or on behalf of another person. second-hand goods means any goods which have been worn or otherwise used but does not include goods belonging to a class of goods prescribed by the regulations as goods not to be treated as second-hand goods for the purposes of this Act. storage premises means premises at which, under a licence, goods may be stored. (2) In this Part a reference to goods in the possession of a person includes a reference to goods under that person's control. (3) In this Part, unless the contrary appears, a reference to a contract is a reference: (a) in the case of a pawnbroker, to a contract for the lending of money on the security of pawned goods or for the receiving of goods under a contract of sale where the seller has a right to buy back the goods; and
Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 94 (b) in the case of a second-hand dealer, to a contract for the purchase or exchange of second-hand goods by the second- hand dealer. (4) In this Part a reference to the purchase or exchange of goods in relation to a second-hand dealer includes a reference to a purchase or exchange, as the case may be, of goods by the dealer on behalf of another person.