New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

EMPLOYMENT AGENTS ACT 1996 - SECT 9

9 Determination of application for licence

(1) An application for the grant of a licence is not to be dealt with before the expiration of 14 days after the application is lodged with the Director-General.

(2) The Director-General is to grant a licence to an applicant if the Director-General is satisfied that:

(a) the application has been duly made, and

(b) each applicant (and, in the case of a corporation, each director of the corporation) is a fit and proper person to hold a licence, and

(c) each applicant (not being a corporation) is over 18 years of age, and

(d) the place of business to which the application relates is reasonably suitable for carrying on the business of a private employment agent.

(3) Otherwise, the Director-General is to refuse the application for the licence and serve on the applicant notice of the refusal and of the reasons for the refusal. The notice may be served on any one of the applicants in the case of a joint application.

(4) The Director-General may have regard to the following matters when determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold a licence:

(a) the person’s character,

(b) any report on the person furnished under this Act by the Commissioner of Police,

(c) any other relevant matter (including any matter specified in any notice of objection lodged under this Act).