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Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
326Duty to advise pawn ticket holders where pawn-broking
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326 Duty to advise pawn ticket holders where pawn-broking
business sold
(1) Where a pawnbroker sells or transfers his or her business to a
person (the purchaser), the rights and obligations of the
pawnbroker in relation to each pawn ticket issued by the
pawnbroker are transferred to the purchaser.
(2) The pawnbroker must notify each holder of a pawn ticket of the
transfer to the purchaser of the rights and obligations of the
pawnbroker in relation to the ticket, unless the purchaser agrees in
writing to give the notice.
20 penalty units or imprisonment for
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(3) Where the purchaser agrees to give notice under subsection (2), he
or she must notify each holder of a pawn ticket of the transfer of the
rights and obligations of the pawnbroker in relation to the ticket to
the purchaser.
20 penalty units or imprisonment for