Secondhand Goods Dealers (Amendment) Rules 2023

No. S 520

Secondhand Goods Dealers Act 2007

Secondhand Goods Dealers
(Amendment) Rules 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of the Secondhand Goods Dealers Act 2007, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Rules are the Secondhand Goods Dealers (Amendment) Rules 2023 and, except for rule 3, come into operation on 31 July 2023.

(2) Rule 3 is deemed to have come into operation on 31 December 2021.

Amendment of rule 4

2. In the Secondhand Goods Dealers Rules (R 1) (called in these Rules the principal Rules), in rule 4(2), replace “a period of one year” with “the period specified in the licence which may be one year or 2 years”.

Amendment of rule 7

3. In the principal Rules, in rule 7(3)(c), replace “section 10(5)” with “section 10(4)”.

Amendment of rule 10

4. In the principal Rules, in rule 10 —

(a)

in paragraph (1), replace “shall, upon first acquiring for any purpose” with “must, before purchasing or selling”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)(a), delete “and” at the end;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(b), replace the full‑stop at the end with “; and”;

(d)

in paragraph (2), after sub‑paragraph (b), insert —

“(c)	from 31 July 2023, any secondhand goods falling within the description of item 8 of the Schedule to the Act.”; and

(e)

replace paragraphs (3) and (4) with —

“(3) A secondhand goods dealer must obtain the particulars specified in rule 7(1)(b) of a person offering to sell any secondhand goods to the secondhand goods dealer before performing the screening under paragraph (1) in respect of the secondhand goods.

(4) A secondhand goods dealer must, upon discovering, whether as a result of screening under paragraph (1) or otherwise, that any of the secondhand goods the secondhand goods dealer intends to purchase or sell is stolen, lost or reported to be stolen or lost —

(a)	make a report to the police without undue delay;
(b)	provide any particulars obtained under paragraph (3) to the police; and
(c)	take reasonable steps to detain any secondhand goods if it is in the secondhand goods dealer’s possession and deliver the secondhand goods to the police.”.

Amendment of Schedule

5. In the principal Rules, in the Schedule —

(a)

in item 1, in the first column, after “licence”, insert “for a period of one year”; and

(b)

after item 1, insert —

“1A.	For an ordinary licence for a period of 2 years

$280”.

[G.N. Nos. S 457/2010; S 570/2013; S 456/2020; S 75/2021]

Made on 19 June 2023.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/056; AG/LEGIS/SL/288A/2020/1 Vol. 1]

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