3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

goods means any form of personal property except intangible property;

pawnbroker means a person who carries on the business of advancing money on the security of pledged goods;

[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 76 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2004]

promoter means a person who operates a second-hand goods market or makes arrangements for any such market to be held;

repealed Act means an Act repealed by this Act;

second-hand dealer means a person who carries on the business of buying or selling, or otherwise dealing in, second-hand goods, either as a principal or agent, but does not include –

(a) [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 75 of 2005, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Dec 2006] [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 58 of 2016, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Apr 2017] a real estate agent, or a general auctioneer, within the meaning of the Property Agents and Land Transactions Act 2016 ; or

(b) a person who, under subsection (3) , is exempted from the operation of this Act;

second-hand goods means goods that have been used for a purpose not connected with their manufacture or sale or that have been taken from other goods used for any such purpose;

second-hand goods market means a market at which second-hand goods are sold, whether or not any other goods are also sold in the market;

sell includes –