Field agents and employers of field agents require licence
60C Field agents and employers of field agents require licence
A person must not do any of the following for the purposes of carrying out a commercial agent activity unless the person holds a commercial agent licence—
approach or attempt to approach the person who is the subject of the commercial agent activity,
enter or attempt to enter any premises at which the subject of the commercial agent activity resides, works or otherwise regularly frequents,
approach or attempt to approach any property owned by or in the possession of the subject of the commercial agent activity.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units (in the case of a corporation) or 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both (in the case of an individual).
A person (the employer) must not employ a person (the employee) to carry out a commercial agent activity that requires the employee to hold a commercial agent licence unless the employer holds a commercial agent licence.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units (in the case of a corporation) or 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both (in the case of an individual).
A person who is carrying out a commercial agent activity under a commercial agent licence must produce the licence for inspection if requested to do so by an investigator or by a person who is the subject of the commercial agent activity.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
An officer of a corporation is not required to hold a commercial agent licence merely because the corporation is required to hold a commercial agent licence.
No more than 1 partner in a firm that carries out commercial agent activities is required to hold a commercial agent licence.
In this section, the person who is the subject of a commercial agent activity means the person from whom a debt is to be recovered or goods are to be repossessed or on whom process is to be served.
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