Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1994 - SECT 4

4 .         Application

        (1)         This Act does not apply to — 

            (a)         an auctioneer within the meaning of the Auction Sales Act 1973 who is acting in accordance with a licence issued to, or for the benefit of, the auctioneer under that Act;

            (b)         a dealer within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1973 who is acting in accordance with a licence issued in relation to that dealer under that Act; or

            (c)         a holder of an authorisation under the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 1973 who is acting in accordance with the authorisation.

        (2)         Parts III to VIII of the Credit Act 1984 do not have effect in relation to the provision of credit within the meaning of that Act by a person who is acting in accordance with a pawnbroker’s licence held by or on behalf of the person.

        (3)         All or any of the provisions of this Act may be prescribed by the regulations as provisions which do not apply to persons or classes of persons or to goods or classes of goods specified in the regulations.

        [Section 4 amended by No. 4 of 2002 s. 71.]