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Demonstrate knowledge of legislation relating to the trade of reusable
goods
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the resource recovery industry
who wish to become a secondhand certificate and/or licence holder under the
Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004 in relation to reusable
goods; and demonstrate knowledge of consumer, trading, and sales
legislation in relation to reusable goods.
Subfield
Resource Recovery
Domain
Reusable Goods
Status
Registered
Status date
25 February 2008
Date version published
25 February 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
(MITO)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0114
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
References relevant to this unit standard include:
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993;
Fair Trading Act 1986;
Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994;
Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act, 2004.
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Definition
Reusable goods refer to discarded resources that are able to be recovered without
reprocessing or remanufacture. Typically these include clothing, textiles, household
items, tools, sports equipment, bric-a-brac, furniture, and exclude motor vehicles and
pawned goods.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004 (the Act)
in relation to reusable goods.
Performance criteria
1.1
The purpose of the Act is stated in terms of stolen goods.
1.2
The term ‘secondhand dealer’ is defined in accordance with the Act.
1.3
Articles traded in the reusable goods industry are identified in accordance with
the Act.
1.4
Secondhand dealer licence and certification requirements are explained in
terms of which sellers are included and which are excluded from being engaged
in business as a secondhand dealer in accordance with the Act.
Range
1.5
includes but is not limited to – days, revenue, transaction types.
Secondhand dealer licence application requirements are explained in terms of
individual and company licences in accordance with the Act.
Range
includes but is not limited to – disqualification, waiver of
disqualification, checks on applicants, police objection.
1.6
Secondhand dealer certificates are explained in terms of who must hold them
and eligibility to hold them in accordance with the Act.
1.7
Obligations on secondhand dealer licence and certificate holders are identified
in accordance with the Act.
Range
1.8
includes but is not limited to – display of certificate, employee
records, dealers record, identification, fourteen day retention,
labelling, groups of articles, police access to goods, stolen goods.
An explanation is given of holding and losing a secondhand dealers licence that
describes expiry, renewal, and cancellation of licences in accordance with the
Act.
Range
includes but is not limited to – updating of information, temporary
licence.
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Offences and penalties relating to secondhand dealing are identified in
accordance with the Act.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of consumer, trading, and sales legislation in relation to reusable
goods.
Range
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, Fair Trading Act 1986, Sale of Goods (United
Nations Convention) Act 1994.
Performance criteria
2.1
Prohibited trade practices relating to reusable goods are explained in
accordance with the Fair Trading Act 1986.
Range
2.2
Mandatory provisions relating to reusable goods are explained in accordance
with the Fair Trading Act 1986.
Range
2.3
agreement to sell, capacity to buy and sell, how sale is made,
price, conditions.
The effects of the contract of sale are explained in accordance with the Sale of
Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994.
Range
2.7
circumstances, exceptions, options to remedy, requirement to
remedy, provisions for rejecting goods.
The contract of sale is explained in accordance with the Sale of Goods (United
Nations Convention) Act 1994.
Range
2.6
title, acceptable quality, fitness for purpose, compliance with
description, compliance with sample, price, repairs.
Rights of redress against suppliers are outlined in accordance with the
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993.
Range
2.5
provisions – consumer information, product safety
Guarantees are explained in relation to the supply of goods in accordance with
the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993.
Range
2.4
misleading and deceptive conduct, false representations, unfair
practices.
transfer of property, transfer of title.
The performance of the contract of sale is explained in accordance with the
Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994.
Range
duties of seller, duties of buyer, payment, delivery, acceptance,
liability of buyer.
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Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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