General information on certificates

What do certificates allow certificate holders to do?
As a certificate holder you are lawfully able to:

• enter into transactions on behalf of a licensed secondhand dealer;
• issue pledge tickets on behalf of a licensed pawnbroker.

As a certificate holder you may also lawfully manage, supervise, or control anyone who:

• enters into transactions on behalf of a licensed secondhand dealer:
• issues pledge tickets on behalf of a licensed pawnbroker.

Find out whether you need to become a certificate holder.

Expiry and renewal of certificates
Unless your certificate is cancelled earlier, it will be valid for five years from its date of issue.

It will expire five years from the date of issue, unless you have applied to have your certificate renewed. If you have made an application for renewal before the expiration of the five-year period, your certificate will continue in force until the application for renewal is determined. An application for renewal of a certificate is the same as an application for a new certificate.

Your certificate will expire when you return it to the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Licensing Authority if, at any stage, you decide not to continue to trade. In those circumstances, your certificate will expire on the date that the Licensing Authority receives it.