Secondhand Goods Dealers (Exemption) Order 2007

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 19 Oct 2007

No. S 553

Secondhand Goods Dealers Act 2007

(Act 4 of 2007)

Secondhand Goods Dealers
(Exemption) Order 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Secondhand Goods Dealers Act 2007, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Secondhand Goods Dealers (Exemption) Order 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2007.

Exemption

2.—(1) A secondhand goods dealer who satisfies the following conditions shall be exempted from having to obtain a licence under section 4 of the Act for the purpose of dealing in secondhand goods at any particular premises, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or email address:

(a)

the secondhand goods dealer has not been convicted of, and is not the subject of police investigations for having committed or for committing —

(i)	any offence under the Act or under the repealed Secondhand Dealers Act (Cap. 288, 1985 Ed.) in force immediately before 1st December 2007; or
(ii)	any offence, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, that involves fraud or dishonesty;

(b)

where the secondhand goods dealer is a body corporate, not one of the members of its board of directors, management committee, board of trustees or other governing body has been convicted of, or is the subject of police investigations for having committed or for committing —

(i)	any offence under the Act or under the repealed Secondhand Dealers Act (Cap. 288, 1985 Ed.) in force immediately before 1st December 2007; or
(ii)	any offence, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, that involves fraud or dishonesty; and

(c)

the secondhand goods dealer is and remains registered with the Licensing Officer in respect of those particular premises or, as the case may be, that particular Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or email address.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c), an application for registration shall be made to the Licensing Officer in the relevant form that —

(a)	is provided by the Licensing Officer and obtainable from his office at the Licensing Division, Police Cantonment Complex, 391 New Bridge Road, #02-701, Singapore 088762 during such hours as that office is open for business; or
(b)	is provided in the electronic licensing system of the Singapore Police Force at http://www.spf.gov.sg /licence.

Made this 16th day of October 2007.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/056; AG/LEG/SL/288/2003/1 Vol. 1]

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