Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2003

If the applicant intends to carry on business at more than 1 place, the applicant must specify in the application the place the applicant intends to be the applicant’s principal place of business.

If the applicant intends to carry on business at a location, the applicant must specify, as the applicant’s principal place of business—

for an application for a second-hand dealer’s licence—an address where the applicant’s transactions register is to be maintained and may be inspected; or

for an application for a pawnbroker’s licence—an address where the applicant’s property register is to be maintained and may be inspected, and property taken as a pawn is located.

A place of business or an address under this section must be a place where a document may be served personally.

Example—A post office box is not a place the applicant may use as a place of business or an address for this Act.