Subject to subsection (4) below, and sections 9 (Application to existing dealers in second-hand goods) and 10 (Renewal of registration) of this Act, a person shall not in the county carry on a trade or business the whole or part of which consists of transactions in second-hand goods when he is not registered by the council under this section or exempted from registration by section 8 (Exemptions under Part 2) of this Act and, when he is not so exempted, he shall not carry on such a business in premises in the county which are occupied by him when the premises are not so registered.

On application for registration under this section the council shall register the applicant and, if the applicant specifies premises, those premises and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration on which there shall appear a registration number.

Registration under this section shall remain in force for four years from the date thereof.

The council may not impose a charge for registration under this section.

If a person is registered as a dealer in second-hand goods in respect of his trade or business as such under any enactment by the borough council, he may carry on in the county the trade or business of a dealer in second-hand goods despite not being registered by the council under subsection (1) above.