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Department of Justice and Community Safety

SECOND-HAND DEALERS

Second-hand dealers are regulated to prevent trade in stolen property.

The Office of Regulatory Services, Business and Industry Licensing administers the regulation of second-hand dealers in the ACT.

Who is a second-hand dealer?

A person who has a business that deals in, or buys, second-hand goods (as defined below).

What are second-hand goods?

  • Jewellery that includes gemstones or precious metals
  • Precious metal
  • Watches
  • Sporting and recreational goods other than clothes, shoes or goods sold by the Defence Force
  • Bicycles
  • Musical instruments
  • Photographic equipment
  • Tools, including tool kits and portable engine powered tools, portable motorised tools, other than tools sold by the Defence Force
  • Portable engine tools, portable motorised tools or portable air-powered tools, other than motorised wheelchairs, wheeled lounges, spinal carriages and other similar goods designed to carry a person with a disability; or goods sold by the Defence Force
  • Electrical or electronic goods, including microwave ovens, compact disc readers, compact disc writers and compact disc rewriters, other than refrigerators, washing machines and other whitegoods
  • Computer hardware and computer software
  • Audio cassettes and records (singles and albums)
  • Video cassettes, floppy discs, compact (laser-read) discs, digital video discs and other electronic information storage devices
  • Watercraft and parts of watercraft
  • Car radios, car stereos and car sound equipment; and
  • Mobile telephones and mobile telephone accessories.

Legislation

To obtain the full details of the second-hand dealers industry in the ACT, you should read the Second-Hand Dealers Act 1906.