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Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989
19Identifying persons selling or pawning goods
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19 Identifying persons selling or pawning goods
(1) A second-hand dealer or pawnbroker must require every person attempting to sell or pawn second-hand goods to the second-hand dealer or pawnbroker to produce evidence as to the person's identity—
S. 19(1)(a) substituted by No. 93/2001 s. 29.
(a) by means of—
(i) a passport; or
(ii) a driver licence; or
(iii) a document issued by a statutory authority; or
(iv) any other document in one of the prescribed categories—
bearing a photograph of the person; or
(b) by means of 2 documents in the prescribed categories but each in a different category.
(2) If a person attempting to sell or pawn second-hand goods is, on request, unable to produce the required evidence of identity, the second-hand dealer or pawnbroker must refuse to accept the goods.
(3) A person attempting to sell or pawn second-hand goods to a second-hand dealer or pawnbroker must not produce false evidence of identity.
S. 19A inserted by No. 45/2017 s. 22.