Property Occupations Act 2014

A disqualified person can not make an application for a licence during the period for which the disqualified person is disqualified.

A corporation that was the holder of a licence that was cancelled can not make an application for a licence unless the corporation satisfies the chief executive that, because of a genuine sale—

no person who was a shareholder of, or held a beneficial interest in, the corporation when the licence was cancelled is a shareholder of, or holds a beneficial interest in, the corporation; and

no person who was in a position to control or influence the affairs of the corporation when the licence was cancelled is in a position to control or influence the affairs of the corporation.

A person who made an application for a licence that was refused can not make an application for a licence of the same category as the licence for which the person applied—

for 3 months after the day the chief executive gives the person an information notice for the decision; or

if the applicant applies to QCAT to review the chief executive’s decision and the decision is confirmed—for 3 months after the day the decision is confirmed.

Subsection (3) does not apply if—

the applicant is a corporation; and

the applicant satisfies the chief executive that, because of a genuine sale—

no person who was a shareholder of, or held a beneficial interest in, the corporation when the refused application was made is a shareholder of, or holds a beneficial interest in, the corporation; and

no person who was in a position to control or influence the affairs of the corporation when the refused application was made is in a position to control or influence the affairs of the corporation.

In this section—disqualified person means a person who, as a consequence of an order made by QCAT under section 186 or 188 or a court under section 227 or 228, is disqualified from holding a licence.