New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMERCIAL AGENTS AND PRIVATE INQUIRY AGENTS ACT 2004 - SECT 24

24 Persons not to be employed by licensees

(1) The holder of a master licence must not employ a person to carry out any commercial agent activity or private inquiry agent activity unless the person is the holder of an operator licence for that activity.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.

(2) The holder of a master licence must not employ an individual who is a disqualified individual by virtue of paragraph (c) or (d) of the definition of "disqualified individual" in any capacity in the business carried on by the licensee under the licence.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.

(3) In proceedings for an offence against this section, it is a sufficient defence if the defendant establishes that he or she used all due diligence to ensure that the employee concerned was not a person whose employment would contravene this section.