Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003

A licensee who conducts a conveyancing business under a licence at more than one place of business must employ at each of those places of business (except the place at which the licensee is personally in charge) as the person in charge of business at that place a person who is the holder of a licence that an individual is required to hold to carry on a conveyancing business.

A corporation that conducts a conveyancing business under a licence must employ as the person in charge at each place of business at which the corporation carries on business under the licence a person who is the holder of a licence that an individual is required to hold to carry on a conveyancing business.

A licensee must not employ a person to be the person in charge of business at a place of business of the licensee if the person is also employed to be the person in charge of business at another place of business of the licensee or at a place of business of another licensee.

A person employed as the person in charge of business at a place of business of a licensee must not exercise functions or provide services on behalf of 2 or more licensees at that place (whether corporations or individuals) unless those licensees are in partnership.

The Secretary may grant a person an exemption from a provision of this section. The exemption may be granted unconditionally or subject to conditions. The Secretary may at any time by notice in writing to a person granted an exemption revoke the exemption or vary the conditions of the exemption.

The regulations may specify the matters to be taken into account by the Secretary in considering whether to grant a person an exemption from a provision of this section.

200 penalty units in the case of a corporation, or

100 penalty units in any other case.