What are acceptable forms of identification?
Acceptable forms of identification are set out in the Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989 and the Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers (General, Exemption and Record-Keeping) Regulations 2018 (regulation 12).
Identification with a photograph
If the identification has a photograph, only one form of identification is required. This can be:
- a passport
- a driver’s licence
- a document issued by a statutory authority that contains a person’s photograph, such as a learner driver’s permit
- an identification card issued by a tertiary education institution
- a licence issued under the Firearms Act 1996.
Identification without a photograph
If the identification used does not include a photograph, two forms of identification are required, from the following list:
- a full birth certificate or extract
- a certificate of Australian citizenship
- a marriage certificate
- one only of the following health or pensioner cards issued by or on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, or the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing:
- health care card
- pensioner concession card
- Commonwealth seniors health card
- one only of any other card issued by the above Commonwealth Departments and which certifies entitlement to Commonwealth health concessions
- an identification card issued by a tertiary education institution.
For example, a person cannot use a health care card and a pensioner concession card, but a pensioner concession card with a marriage certificate is acceptable.
Incorporated bodies must provide a certificate of incorporation as proof of identity.
