New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMERCIAL AGENTS AND PRIVATE INQUIRY AGENTS ACT 2004

- As at 22 September 2008
- Act 70 of 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objects
   4.      Definitions

   PART 2 - LICENSING OF PERSONS FOR COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE INQUIRY ACTIVITIES

           Division 1 - Master licences

   5.      Offence to carry on business without master licence
   6.      Application to master licences of Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002
   7.      Grounds for refusing master licence
   8.      Duration of master licence
   9.      Conditions of master licence
   10.     Cancellation of master licence

           Division 2 - Operator licences

   11.     Offence to carry on activities without operator licence
   12.     Application to operator licences of Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002
   13.     Grounds for refusing operator licence
   14.     Duration of operator licence
   15.     Conditions of operator licence
   16.     Probationary licences
   17.     Cancellation of operator licence

           Division 3 - Additional provisions concerning debt collection

   18.     Trust accounts, records and receivership
   19.     Licensee not to charge debtor for expenses of debt collecting

           Division 4 - General

   20.     Commissioner’s determinations reviewable by Administrative Decisions Tribunal
   21.     Register of Licensees
   22.     Evidentiary certificates
   23.     Act does not confer any additional power, authority or immunity

   PART 3 - GENERAL OFFENCES

   24.     Persons not to be employed by licensees
   25.     Harassment
   26.     Production of licence on demand
   27.     Obstruction of authorised inspectors
   28.     Penalty notices
   29.     Offences by corporations

   PART 4 - ADMINISTRATION

           Division 1 - Power to require information and documents

   30.     Power to require information and documents

           Division 2 - Power to enter premises

   31.     Power to enter premises
   32.     Manner in which power of entry to be exercised
   33.     Damage to be minimised
   34.     Search warrants

           Division 3 - General

   35.     Authorised inspectors
   36.     Delegation of functions
   37.     Exclusion of personal liability
   38.     Service of documents

   PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

   39.     Regulations
   40.     Repeal
   41.     (Repealed)
   42.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
   43.     Review of Act
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           Schedule 3 (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 4