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Second hand goods
A second-hand goods dealer
registration certificate is required
if you are involved in the business of
dealing in second-hand goods.
The County of Merseyside Act 1980 empowers local authorities to compile a register of dealers in second hand goods who are then obliged to keep records of all business transactions involving second hand goods.
A registration certificate is not required if the dealer is exempt from registration. Those exempted include charitable organisations, scrap metal dealers, motor vehicle dealers, jewellers and persons engaged in dealing in waste paper, cardboard, textiles or plastic in bulk.
Also exempted are holders of a licence under section 22 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (i.e. those involved in credit or hire businesses) and persons engaged in any business whose primary purpose is the supply of new unused goods and to which the supply of second-hand goods is merely incidental.
Each certificate holder must keep a register at each of the premises within the Council's district at which s/he deals in second-hand goods sales. The register must be in the form of a bound book with consecutively numbered pages. The register must be kept until the end of a period of two years from the date on which the last entry was made in the register.
The register must record every transaction involving his or her acquisition of any such goods. It must also provide details of the date of the transaction, the quantity and description of the article(s), the name and address of the person from whom the article(s) was/were acquired and, where practicable, the registration number of any vehicle used by the seller to deliver the article(s) to the certificate holders premises.
Breaching any of these provisions constitutes a criminal offence.
The County of Merseyside Act 1980 empowers local authorities to compile a register of dealers in second hand goods who are then obliged to keep records of all business transactions involving second hand goods.
A registration certificate is not required if the dealer is exempt from registration. Those exempted include charitable organisations, scrap metal dealers, motor vehicle dealers, jewellers and persons engaged in dealing in waste paper, cardboard, textiles or plastic in bulk.
Also exempted are holders of a licence under section 22 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (i.e. those involved in credit or hire businesses) and persons engaged in any business whose primary purpose is the supply of new unused goods and to which the supply of second-hand goods is merely incidental.
Each certificate holder must keep a register at each of the premises within the Council's district at which s/he deals in second-hand goods sales. The register must be in the form of a bound book with consecutively numbered pages. The register must be kept until the end of a period of two years from the date on which the last entry was made in the register.
The register must record every transaction involving his or her acquisition of any such goods. It must also provide details of the date of the transaction, the quantity and description of the article(s), the name and address of the person from whom the article(s) was/were acquired and, where practicable, the registration number of any vehicle used by the seller to deliver the article(s) to the certificate holders premises.
Breaching any of these provisions constitutes a criminal offence.
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Application for licence to deal in second hand goods (PDF 31KB)Who to Contact
Environmental Health Team
Telephone: 0151 443 4712
Write to or Visit:
Environmental Health,
Kirkby One Stop Shop,
Cherryfield Drive,
Kirkby
L32 1TX
Email: environmental.protection@knowsley.gov.uk
Telephone: 0151 443 4712
Write to or Visit:
Environmental Health,
Kirkby One Stop Shop,
Cherryfield Drive,
Kirkby
L32 1TX
Email: environmental.protection@knowsley.gov.uk
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