New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMERCIAL AGENTS AND PRIVATE INQUIRY AGENTS ACT 2004 - SECT 17

17 Cancellation of operator licence

(1) The Commissioner must cancel an operator licence if the licensee is a disqualified individual.

(2) The Commissioner may cancel an operator 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 an operator 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 submissions into consideration.

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

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