Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Regulation 2026
4Definition of “market”
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4 Definition of “market”
4 Definition of “market”
(1) For the Act, section 3(1), definition of market, the following prescribed kinds of activities are not a market—
(a) a fundraising activity, unless—
(i) space at the activity is allocated to stallholders for consideration, and
(ii) one or more of the stallholders providing consideration are not affiliated with the person or organisation conducting the fundraising activity,
(b) an assembly of stallholders at which every person selling second-hand goods—
(i) is selling the goods in quantities that are consistent with household use, and
(ii) has given the assembly’s promoter a signed declaration stating the person has not traded in second-hand goods on more than 6 days in the year immediately before the assembly.
(2) In this section—
fundraising activity means an activity that—
(a) is for a fundraising appeal within the meaning of the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991, and
(b) is conducted by—
(i) a person or organisation authorised to conduct the fundraising appeal under that Act, section 9(1), or
(ii) a person or organisation taken to hold an authority under that Act for the fundraising appeal, or
(iii) a person, body or organisation exempt from the application of that Act.