Western Australian Consolidated Acts

REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS AGENTS ACT 1978 - SECT 48

48 .         Certificate of registration, duration and renewal of

        (1)         Subject to this Act, a certificate of registration remains in force for the prescribed period.

        (2)         Subject to this Act a certificate of registration may be renewed for subsequent prescribed periods.

        (3)         An application to the Board for renewal of a certificate shall be — 

            (a)         accompanied by the prescribed fee and, in the case of an expired certificate, any additional amount prescribed by way of penalty for a late application; and

            (b)         signed by the sales representative.

        (4)         The Board shall not renew a certificate of registration unless it is satisfied that the sales representative was employed by a licensee at the time of making the application or will be employed by a licensee upon the renewal of the certificate.

        (5)         The Board may refuse to renew a sales representative’s certificate of registration if —

            (a)         the Board is satisfied that section 47(1)(b) or (c) does not apply, or no longer applies, in relation to the sales representative; or

            (b)         the sales representative has not met prescribed educational requirements.

        [Section 48 amended by No. 56 of 1995 s. 42; No. 34 of 1998 s. 12; No. 55 of 2004 s. 1009.]