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Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989
21Retention of goods for seven days
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21 Retention of goods for seven days
(1) For 7 days after receiving second-hand goods a second-hand dealer or pawnbroker must keep the goods in the form in which they were received and without disposing of them in any way.
(2) Subsection (1) does not derogate from any obligation a second-hand dealer or pawnbroker might otherwise have to keep goods for a period longer than 7 days after receipt.
S. 21A inserted by No. 44/1997
s. 41.