Verification of identity

The forms of identification that are acceptable for the purposes of the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004 are:

• a current passport
• a current New Zealand driver licence or a current overseas driver licence that contains a photograph
• any current document containing a photograph that is issued for purposes of identification by the New Zealand Government
• any document referred to in paragraph (a), paragraph (b), or paragraph (c) that has expired, but only if it expired less than 2 years before the date on which it is being used as identification:
• an 18+ card issued by the Hospitality Association of New Zealand
• a current document issued by a New Zealand secondary or composite school to a student that-
• is issued for the purpose of identifying the student; and
• contains a photograph of the student.