New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMERCIAL AGENTS AND PRIVATE INQUIRY AGENTS ACT 2004 - SECT 6

6 Application to master licences of Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002

(1) The Commissioner may grant the following licences for the purposes of this Act:

(a) master licences for process serving,

(b) master licences for debt collection,

(c) master licences for repossession of goods,

(d) master licences for surveillance of persons,

(e) master licences for investigation of persons.

(2) Part 2 of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 ( "the applied Act") applies to and in respect of a master licence, subject to the modifications and limitations prescribed by or under this Act.

Note: See clause 3 of Schedule 4, which temporarily suspends the provisions of the applied Act in relation to the making of applications by way of electronic communication.

(3) For the purposes of applying Part 2 of the applied Act to a master licence:

(a) an application for the granting of a master licence may only be made by an individual aged 18 years or more or a corporation, and

(b) a master licence may be amended under that Act.

(4) A master licence is a fixed-term licence for the purposes of Part 2 of the applied Act.

(5) Subject to this section, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to such matters concerning master licences as are relevant to the operation of Part 2 of the applied Act.

Note: Section 7 (3) of this Act provides that the Commissioner is not, under this or any other Act or law, required to give any reasons for not granting a master licence if the giving of those reasons would disclose any criminal intelligence. Accordingly, Part 2 of Chapter 5 of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 does not apply to any decision to refuse to grant a licence based on such information to the extent that it would require disclosure of any criminal intelligence.