EMPLOYMENT AGENTS ACT 1976 - SECT 12
EMPLOYMENT AGENTS ACT 1976 - SECT 12
12 . Employment agents to be licensed
(1) Subject to this
Act no person shall carry on, or advertise, notify or state that he or it acts
as, or carries on the business of, an employment agent, or that he or it is
willing so to act or carry on business, unless —
(a)
being a natural person, he is the holder of a licence under this Act; or
(b) in
the case of a firm or body corporate, a natural person who is —
(i)
a member of that firm; or
(ii)
an officer of the body corporate; or
(iii)
an employee of that firm or body corporate,
is the holder of a
licence under this Act granted to him on behalf of that firm or body
corporate.
(2) A licence under
this Act shall be granted only to a natural person and not to any body of
persons or body corporate.
(3) In accordance with
the provisions of section 22 and section 24, a licence may be granted to a
natural person on behalf of a firm or body corporate of which he is a member,
officer, or employee, and within the limits to which the licence extends any
business under that licence may be transacted in the name of that firm or body
corporate.
(4) The holder of a
licence, and any firm or body corporate on behalf of which it was granted,
shall carry on business under this Act —
(a) in
the name or trade name or names or trade names specified in that licence and
under no other description; and
(b) at
or from the place or places of business specified in that licence; and
(c)
subject to section 25(5), during the period for which that licence remains in
force; and
(d) in
relation to the class or classes of business specified in or authorised by
that licence; and
(e) in
accordance with any conditions, limitations or restrictions specified in that
licence,
and not otherwise.
(5) Any person who
contravenes any provision of this section commits an offence.
Penalty: $500.