New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMERCIAL AGENTS AND PRIVATE INQUIRY AGENTS ACT 2004 - SECT 10

10 Cancellation of master licence

(1) The Commissioner must cancel a master licence if the licensee is a disqualified individual or disqualified corporation.

(2) The Commissioner may cancel a master licence if the licensee:

(a) contravenes a condition of the licence, or

(b) is convicted or found guilty of a minor offence.

(2A) The Commissioner is not, under this or any other Act or law, required to give any reasons for cancelling a master licence of a licensee who is a disqualified individual because of section 4 (2A) to the extent that the giving of those reasons would disclose any criminal intelligence.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), action is not to be taken under this section unless the Commissioner:

(a) has caused notice of the proposed action to be given to the licensee, and

(b) has given the licensee at least 28 days within which to make written submissions to the Commissioner in relation to the proposed action, and

(c) has taken any such submission into consideration.

(4) While considering whether to take action under this section, the Commissioner may suspend a master licence for up to 35 days.

(5) The suspension or cancellation of a master licence takes effect when written notice of it is served on the licensee.