General Dealers (Ireland) Act, 1903

Definitions.

12. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

The expression “general dealer” means any person buying, otherwise than at a public auction held by a licensed auctioneer, or selling old metal, scrap metal, broken metal or partly manufactured metal goods in quantities, at each particular purchase or sale, of less, in the case of iron, than ten hundredweight, or, in the case of copper, of less than fifty-six pounds weight, or, in the cases of lead, zinc, spelter, machinery or tools, respectively, of less than one hundred and twelve pounds weight, or buying or selling in any quantities bottles, syphons, tools, bags, sacks, packing cases, boxes, articles of pottery or glass, whether such person deals in those articles only or together with second-hand goods or marine stores, but the said expression does not include a pawnbroker or a licensed dealer in plate; and

The expression “licensing authority” means, in the police district of Dublin Metropolis, any divisional justice of that district, and in any other place two or more justices of the peace sitting in petty sessions.