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Introduction Agents Act 1997 - SECT 14
Certain people are not to be introduction agents
14. Certain people are not to be introduction agents
(1) A natural person must not act as an introduction agent if she or he-
(a) is under 18 years of age; or
(b) is an insolvent under administration; or
(c) has been convicted of a serious offence within the last 5 years; or
(d) is a represented person within the meaning of the Guardianship and
Administration Board Act 1986; or
(e) is a licensee or an approved manager under the
Prostitution Control Act 1994; or
(f) is the subject of a current order under section 64 stopping her or him
from acting as an introduction agent; or
(g) is the subject of a current order under section 65 disqualifying her
or him from acting as an introduction agent.
Penalty: 500 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) A corporation must not act as an introduction agent if-
(a) one or more of its directors is disqualified from acting as an
introduction agent by subsection (1); or
(b) it has been convicted of a serious offence within the last 5 years; or
(c) it is an externally-administered body corporate; or
(d) it is the subject of a current order under section 64 stopping it from
acting as an introduction agent; or
(e) it is the subject of a current order under section 65 disqualifying it
from acting as an introduction agent.
Penalty: 500 penalty units.
(3) In this section-
externally-administered body corporate has the same meaning as in the
Corporations Act;
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serious offence means an offence involving fraud, dishonesty, drug trafficking
or violence punishable by imprisonment for 3 months or more, regardless of
whether the offence occurred in Australia or elsewhere.
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