15AEvidence of identity of vendors at markets

15A Evidence of identity of vendors at markets

15A Evidence of identity of vendors at markets

(1) Before permitting a person to sell second-hand goods at a market, the promoter of the market must obtain evidence of the person’s identity on each occasion a market is or is to be conducted.

(2) The evidence must include the same kind of evidence that is required to be obtained by a licensee under section 15 before accepting goods for sale.

(3) However, in the case of a person licensed to carry on the business of a second-hand dealer or the business of a pawnbroker and a second-hand dealer, subsection (1) is satisfied by production to the promoter of documentary evidence indicating that the person is so licensed.

(4) A promoter of a market may impose a reasonable requirement on a person seeking to sell goods at the market to furnish information to the promoter for the purposes of the promoter’s compliance with this section.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

Note.

Section 24 makes it an offence for a person, in purported compliance with a requirement under the Act for the furnishing of information, to make or furnish any statement that the person knows is false or misleading.

s 15A: Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [14].