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Real Estate Agents Act 2008

Licensing - How to become licensed

40: Objections to issue of licence

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"Objecting to someone getting a real estate licence"

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You can object to someone getting a licence if you think they should not have one. You must tell the Registrar in writing and within a certain time. You can only object for certain reasons, such as the applicant not being eligible under section 36 or 37. You must say why you are objecting and include any other required information. You can also ask for a hearing under section 42(4). The Registrar will send a copy of your objection to the person who applied for the licence. The Registrar needs to know your reasons for objecting. You can object if the person applying is a company and you think someone who will be in charge of the company is not a suitable person. The Registrar will look at your objection and the application.

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Part 3Licensing
How to become licensed

40Objections to issue of licence

  1. A person may, within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, give the Registrar written notice of his or her desire to object to the issue of a licence to the applicant.

  2. No objection may be made under subsection (1) except on 1 or more of the following grounds:

  3. that the applicant is not eligible to obtain a licence by virtue of section 36 or 37:
    1. if the applicant is a company, that any person who will be an officer of the company if the application is granted is not, by reason of his or her personal character or financial position, a proper person to be an officer of a licensee company.

      1. The notice of objection must include a statement of the grounds relied on and any prescribed matters.

      2. The notice of objection may include a request for a hearing under section 42(4).

      3. The Registrar must send a copy of the notice to the applicant.

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      • Section 40(3A): inserted, on , by section 4 of the Real Estate Agents Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 129).