SECONDHAND DEALERS ACT

SECONDHAND DEALERS ACT

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(Licensing of used handphone secondhand dealers): **

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Mr Christopher de Souza asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs whether the Ministry will inform secondhand dealers who sell and buy used handphones that they need both the telecommunications licence pursuant to section 5(1) of the Telecommunications Act and a secondhand goods dealers licence pursuant to section 6(1) of the Secondhand Dealers Act.

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Mr Wong Kan Seng: Many secondhand handphone dealers appear to have a wrong perception that they only need a Telecommunication Dealer’s Licence* from IDA in order to trade in secondhand handphones.

Police had therefore sought IDA’s assistance in August this year to put up a notification on the government's online business licensing services portal^ to inform secondhand mobile phone dealers that they need both the Telecommunication Dealer’s Licence from IDA and the Secondhand Dealers Licence from Police, in order to trade in secondhand mobile phones. The application guidelines for both licences are also available on IDA's website.

When a person comes to Police to apply for a secondhand goods dealers licence to trade in used mobile phones, Police will also inform him then that he needs a licence from IDA as well in order to operate as such a dealer.

• Pursuant to section 5(1) of the Telecommunications Act:

**Power to license telecommunication systems and services
5. ** -(1) A licence may, with the consent of, or in accordance with the terms of a general authority given by the Minister, be granted by the Authority either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Authority may impose and specify in the licence and either irrevocably or subject to revocation as therein specified for the running of such telecommunication systems and services falling within section 3 as are specified in the licence.

^ https://licences.business.gov.sg
FAQ #1 :
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Do I need to apply for this licence?: You will need to apply for the Dealer’s Individual licence if you intend to manufacture, import, hire, sell, offer or possess for sale any telecommunication equipment other than approved telecommunication equipment or equipment set out in the First Schedule of the Regulations.
For details on the guidelines and licence conditions, please refer to "Guidelines on Licensing Schemes" - Guidelines for Telecommunication Dealers Licence.
For details of registering telecommunication equipment with IDA, please refer to "Registration of Telecommunication Equipment" .
It is useful to note that the application for Dealer’s Individual Licence is based on per premises or outlet. A separate Dealer’s Individual Licence for each premises for selling non-approved telecommunication equipment is required.
"The applicant/registrant is required to seek the necessary approvals from other relevant authorities in Singapore relating to its business, where required. In addition to the IDA telecommunication dealer licence, secondhand dealers of telecommunication equipment are also required under Section 6 of the Secondhand Dealers Act to apply for a separate Secondhand Dealers licence from the Police Licensing Division. Information on the Secondhand Dealers Licence as well as the application form can be downloaded from http://www.spf.gov.sg/licence1/ ".

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