Cancel or surrender a second-hand dealer or pawnbroker licence

Cancel or suspend a licence

We can suspend or cancel your licence if you:

• obtained it using false or misleading information
• or another person associated with the licence did not comply with a condition on the licence
• or another person associated with the licence was convicted of an offence against the Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2003
• or another person associated with the licence is no longer a suitable person to hold a licence.

You and your associates must not have been convicted in the past 5 years of:

• a second-hand dealing or pawnbroking offence
• any disqualifying offence (such as theft or fraud offences).

Surrender a licence

If you no longer require a licence, you can choose to surrender it. You can do this by:

• writing to us
  and
• returning your licence to us within 14 days.

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The surrender takes effect on the day we receive the written notice.