Who needs a licence or certificate?

Do you need a license?

You must have a licence if you:

  • are a pawnbroker
  • are engaged for at least six days a year in buying, selling or exchanging secondhand items or scrap metal (other than for personal use, enjoyment or as a gift)
  • earn at least $2000 in a year from the sale of secondhand items or scrap metal (other than for personal use, enjoyment or as a gift).

If you are running your secondhand dealer or pawnbroker business through a company structure you must have a company licence. In addition, at least one of the company directors must hold a certificate.

If you are running your business as a sole trader or in a partnership, you must have an individual licence. If you are in a partnership, every partner involved in secondhand dealing or pawnbroking must hold a licence.

Do you need a certificate?

You must hold a certificate if you buy, sell or exchange for a licensed secondhand dealer, or if you issue pledge tickets for a licensed pawnbroker.

What are secondhand items?

Secondhand items include scrap metal and all the items included as articles in Schedule 1 of the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004.  If the items you sell are not on this list and are not scrap metal then you do not need to hold a licence.

Schedule 1 [PDF, 84 KB]

 
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