Entitlement to be registered as agent
8 Entitlement to be registered as agent
A natural person is entitled to be registered as an agent if the person—
has—
the qualifications required by regulation; or
subject to the regulations, the qualifications that the
Commissioner considers appropriate; and
has not—
been convicted of an indictable offence of dishonesty;
or
during the period of 10 years preceding the application for registration, been convicted of a summary offence of dishonesty;
and
is not suspended or disqualified from practising or carrying on an occupation, trade or business under a law of this State, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth; and
is not an insolvent under administration within the meaning of the
Corporations
Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; and
has not, during the period of five years preceding the application for registration, been a director of a body corporate wound up for the benefit of creditors—
when the body was being so wound up; or
within the period of six months preceding the commencement of the winding up; and
is a fit and proper person to be registered as an agent.
A body corporate is entitled to be registered as an agent if—
the body corporate—
is not suspended or disqualified from practising or carrying on an occupation, trade or business under a law of this State, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth; and
is not being wound up and is not under official management or in receivership; and
no director of the body corporate—
has—
been convicted of an indictable offence of dishonesty;
or
during the period of 10 years preceding the application for registration, been convicted of a summary offence of dishonesty;
or
is suspended or disqualified from practising or carrying on an occupation, trade or business under a law of this State, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth; or
has, during the period of five years preceding the application for registration, been a director of a body corporate wound up for the benefit of creditors—
when the body was being so wound up; or
within the period of six months preceding the commencement of the winding up; and
each director of the body corporate is a fit and proper person to be the director of a body that is registered as an agent.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
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