Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts67. Grounds for disciplinary action
(1) Subject to this Part, the Board may take disciplinary action in accordance with this Part against a licensed agent on one or more of the following grounds:
(a) the licence was obtained by means of misrepresentation, a false or misleading statement;
(b) in the case of a licensed agent not being a company or firm, the agent has been found guilty of an offence that involves dishonesty, whether the finding of guilt took place before or after the commencement of this Act and either within or outside the Territory;
(c) the licensed agent has been guilty of a breach of the rules of conduct for agents;
(d) the licensed agent has contravened or failed to comply with a direction of the Board under section 69(2);
(e) a licence under a law of a State or Territory providing for the licensing of real estate agents or of business agents or of conveyancing agents (by whatever name called) granted to the licensed agent has, under that law, been cancelled or revoked or a renewal of such licence has been refused;
(f) subject to section 111, in the case of a licensed agent being a company or firm, the company or firm has carried on business as a licensed agent for a period during which a business manager of the company or firm was not a licensed real estate agent, business agent or conveyancing agent as the case requires;
(g) the licensed agent has contravened or failed to comply with a provision of Part XII with respect to licensed agents;
(h) the licensed agent has not paid within the prescribed time the prescribed annual fee payable by the agent;
(j) the licensed agent has ceased to carry on business in the Territory as a licensed agent or has failed to maintain an office in Australia;
(ja) the licensed agent has failed to take out or to maintain indemnity insurance referred to in Part XIIA as required by or under this Act;
(k) the licensed agent does not meet the conditions of eligibility, specified in Division 2 of Part III, which relate to the licence of the licensed agent, other than such conditions which the Board has, under this Act, waived; or
(m) any other reasonable ground which, in the opinion of the Board, is sufficient to warrant revocation of the licence of the agent.
(2) For the purposes of this Part, the revocation by the Board of a licence is deemed to include a direction by the Board to the Registrar not to renew a licence.