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Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Act 1996 No 13

Assented to 05.06.1996.

Date of commencement, 30.4.1997, sec 2 and GG No 43 of 24.4.1997, p 2172.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2022 No 59

Assented to 26.10.2022.

Date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2.

Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Act 2020 No 25

Assented to 28.09.2020.

Date of commencement of Sch 6.1, assent, sec 2.

Better Regulation and Customer Service Legislation Amendment (Bushfire Relief) Act 2020 No 3

Assented to 25.03.2020.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2018 No 65

Assented to 31.10.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.10[1]–[3] and [5], 1.7.2020, sec 2(2).

Sch 2.10[4] was not commenced and was repealed by the Better Regulation and Customer Service Legislation Amendment (Bushfire Relief) Act 2020 No 3.

Date of commencement of Schs 3.3 and 8.8, 1.2.2020, sec 2(2) and 2019 (634) LW 20.12.2019.

Date of commencement of Sch 7.11, assent, sec 2 (1).

Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment (Property Industry Reform) Act 2018 No 5

Assented to 21.03.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.11, 23.3.2020, sec 2 and 2019 (625) LW 16.12.2019.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017 No 22

Assented to 01.06.2017.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, 7 days after assent, sec 2 (1).

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3).

Regulatory and Other Legislation (Amendments and Repeals) Act 2016 No 60

Assented to 14.11.2016.

Amending legislation

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 No 25

Sch 2.6 was not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2018 No 65.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2016 No 55

Assented to 25.10.2016.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.19, 6.1.2017, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016 No 27

Assented to 07.06.2016.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.21, 8.7.2016, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 No 33

Assented to 24.06.2014.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.9, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1).

Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013 No 107

Assented to 27.11.2013.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2014, sec 2 (1) and 2014 (637) LW 26.9.2014.

Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013 No 95

Assented to 20.11.2013.

Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2.

Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Amendment Act 2013 No 12

Assented to 03.04.2013.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2012 No 9

Assented to 21.03.2012.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011 No 62

Assented to 16.11.2011.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1).

Criminal Organisations Legislation Amendment Act 2009 No 23

Assented to 19.05.2009.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).

Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94

Assented to 13.12.2007.

Date of commencement of Schs 1.77 and 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.

Police Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2006 No 94

Assented to 22.11.2006.

Date of commencement of Sch 3.22, 1.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 1.2.2007, p 575.

Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Amendment Act 2005 No 62

Assented to 01.07.2005.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Civil Procedure Act 2005 No 28

Assented to 01.06.2005.

Date of commencement of Sch 5.38, 15.8.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 100 of 10.8.2005, p 4205.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2004 No 91

Assented to 10.12.2004.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.24, assent, sec 2 (2).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003 No 82

Assented to 27.11.2003.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.23 [1], assent, sec 2 (2).

Date of commencement of Sch 1.23 [2], 15.12.2003, Sch 1.23 and GG No 174 of 31.10.2003, p 10263.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 No 40

Assented to 22.07.2003.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.37, assent, sec 2 (2).

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Property Identification) Act 2003 No 5

Assented to 28.05.2003.

Date of commencement, 15.12.2003, sec 2 and GG No 196 of 12.12.2003, p 11173.

Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Amendment Act 2002 No 104

Assented to 29.11.2002.

Date of commencement, except Sch 1 [15] [18] [22] and [26], Sch 1 [27] (to the extent that it omits sec 30 and inserts a new sec 30), Sch 1 [28] (to the extent that it inserts sec 31A), Sch 1 [29] (to the extent that it inserts sec 32A (1), (3) and (5)) and Sch 1 [30], 15.12.2003, sec 2 and GG No 174 of 31.10.2003, p 10263.

Date of commencement of Sch 1 [15] [18] [22] and [26], Sch 1 [27] (to the extent that it omits sec 30 and inserts a new sec 30), Sch 1 [28] (to the extent that it inserts sec 31A), Sch 1 [29] (to the extent that it inserts sec 32A (1), (3) and (5)) and Sch 1 [30], 31.3.2005, sec 2 and GG No 198 of 10.12.2004, p 8964.

The amendment made by Sch 1 [5] was without effect as the provision being amended was substituted by the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 No 28 (amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112). The amendments made by Sch 1 [6] and [7] were without effect as the provision being amended was repealed by the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 No 28.

Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002 No 66

Assented to 10.07.2002.

Date of commencement, 1.9.2003, sec 2 and GG No 116 of 25.7.2003, p 7445.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 No 53

Assented to 04.07.2002.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.22, assent, sec 2 (2).

Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 No 28

Assented to 21.06.2002.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.11, 28.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 31.1.2003, p 594.

Amending legislation

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112

Assented to 29.11.2002.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.13, assent, sec 2 (3).

Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001 No 121

Assented to 19.12.2001.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000 No 93

Assented to 08.12.2000.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.36, assent, sec 2 (2).

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 No 94

Assented to 08.12.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.46, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999 No 85

Assented to 03.12.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31

Assented to 07.07.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.30 [1], assent, sec 2 (2).

Date of commencement of Sch 1.30 [2], 1.3.1999, Sch 1.30.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998 No 120

Assented to 26.11.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 1998 No 48

Assented to 29.06.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.16 [1] and [3], 1.1.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9948.

The amendment made by Sch 2.16 [2] was without effect as the section being amended was substituted by the Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Amendment Act 1998 No 24.

Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Amendment Act 1998 No 24

Assented to 03.06.1998.

Date of commencement, 31.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 24.7.1998, p 5607.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997 No 147

Assented to 17.12.1997.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.19, assent, sec 2 (2).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 No 55

Assented to 02.07.1997.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.11, assent, sec 2 (2).

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Sec 3

Am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2005 No 62, Sch 1 [1]; 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [1]; 2012 No 9, Sch 1.9 [1]; 2013 No 12, Sch 2.5; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.28 [1]; 2016 No 27, Sch 1.21 [2]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.50.

Sec 3A

Ins 2005 No 62, Sch 1 [2].

Sec 4

Am 1998 No 120, Sch 2.25 [1]; 2002 No 66, Sch 2.6; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [3]; 2013 No 107, Sch 3.9; 2018 No 5, Sch 2.11.

Sec 4A

Ins 2020 No 25, Sch 6.1[1].

Sec 5

Am 2005 No 62, Sch 1 [3].

Sec 8

Am 1998 No 48, Sch 2.16 [1]. Subst 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [2]; 2012 No 9, Sch 1.9 [2].

Sec 8A

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [3] [4]; 2012 No 9, Sch 1.9 [2]; 2018 No 65, Sch 3.3[1]–[4].

Sec 9

Subst 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [1]; 2002 No 28, Sch 4.11 [1]. Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.37; 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [5]; 2018 No 65, Sch 2.10[1] [2].

Sec 10

Am 1997 No 147, Sch 1.19. Subst 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [1]; 2002 No 28, Sch 4.11 [2] (am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.13 [3]); 2018 No 65, Sch 2.10[3].

Sec 10A

Ins 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [1]. Rep 2002 No 28, Sch 4.11 [2] (am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.13 [3]). Ins 2018 No 65, Sch 2.10[3].

Sec 11

Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [2]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [8] [9].

Sec 12

Subst 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [3].

Sec 12A

Ins 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [10]–[12].

Sec 12B

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [13].

Sec 13

Am 2002 No 28, Sch 4.11 [3].

Sec 15

Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [4]; 1999 No 31, Sch 1.30 [1].

Sec 15A

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [14].

Sec 16

Am 1997 No 55, Sch 2.11 [1] [2]; 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [5].

Sec 17

Am 2016 No 55, Sch 1.19.

Sec 19

Am 2003 No 5, Sch 3.

Sec 20

Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.23 [1].

Sec 21

Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [15].

Sec 22

Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [8]–[10]. Rep 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [16].

Sec 23

Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.46; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.162 [1]. Rep 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [17].

Sec 26

Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.51.

Sec 27

Am 1998 No 120, Sch 2.25 [2]; 2022 No 59, Sch 2.31.

Sec 28

Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [11]–[13]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [18]–[22]; 2004 No 91, Sch 1.24; 2018 No 65, Sch 8.8[1]–[3].

Sec 29

Am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [23]–[25].

Secs 29A–29C

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [26].

Sec 30

Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [14] [15]. Subst 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [27].

Sec 30A

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [27].

Sec 31

Subst 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [28].

Sec 31A

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [28]. Am 2018 No 65, Sch 7.11.

Sec 32A

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [29].

Sec 32B

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [29]. Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.9 [1].

Sec 32C

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [29].

Sec 32D

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [30].

Part 4A

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31].

Sec 32E

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.28 [2].

Sec 32F

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.23 [2].

Sec 32G

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.28 [3] [4].

Sec 32H

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31].

Sec 32I

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2005 No 28, Sch 5.38; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.77.

Secs 32J–32L

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31].

Sec 32M

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [31] (am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [50]). Am 2014 No 33, Sch 1.9 [2] [3].

Sec 33

Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.36 [1] [2].

Sec 33A

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [32].

Sec 34

Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [16]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [33]–[35].

Sec 36

Am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.30 [2]; 2002 No 53, Sch 2.22; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [36]; 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [6]; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.28 [5].

Sec 36A

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [37].

Sec 36B

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [38].

Sec 38

Am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [39].

Sec 38A

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [40].

Sec 39

Subst 1998 No 48, Sch 2.16 [3]. Am 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [41]; 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [7]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.110 [1]–[4].

Sec 39A

Ins 2017 No 22, Sch 1.15. Am 2022 No 59, Sch 3.50.

Sec 40

Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.162 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.

Sec 40A

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [42].

Sec 42

Am 2011 No 62, Sch 3.23.

Sec 43

Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [17]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [43]–[46]; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.28 [6]; 2020 No 3, Sch 1.23[1]; 2020 No 25, Sch 6.1[2].

Sec 44

Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [47]. Am 2006 No 94, Sch 3.22.

Secs 44A, 44B

Ins 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [48].

Sch 1

Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.

Sch 2

Am 1998 No 24, Sch 1 [18]–[22]; 2002 No 104, Sch 1 [49] [50]; 2005 No 62, Sch 1 [4]; 2009 No 23, Sch 3.6 [8]; 2018 No 65, Sch 2.10[5]; 2020 No 3, Sch 1.23[2]; 2020 No 25, Sch 6.1[3].

The whole Act (except Sch 2)

Am 2016 No 27, Sch 1.21 [1] (“Director-General” omitted wherever occurring, “Secretary” inserted instead).

Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Bill 1996

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