Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2003

If the chief executive decides to suspend, cancel, refuse to renew or restore, or impose a condition on a licensee’s licence, the licensee must, within 14 days of the chief executive’s decision taking effect, return the licence to the chief executive unless—

the chief executive gives the licensee written consent for the licensee to keep the licence for a period; or

the licensee has a reasonable excuse for not returning the licence.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note—See section 20(4).

If a licence returned to the chief executive after suspension is still current at the end of the suspension period, the chief executive must return the licence to the licensee.

If a licence is returned to the chief executive after a condition is imposed on the licence, the chief executive must give the licensee another copy of the licence stating the condition.