Queensland Consolidated Acts

DEBT COLLECTORS (FIELD AGENTS AND COLLECTION AGENTS) ACT 2014 - SECT 34

34 Employment of persons in regulated business

(1) A principal field agent must not employ a person to perform regulated activities for the agent as a subagent if the agent knows, or ought to know, the person does not hold a registration certificate.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(2) A principal field agent who is an individual must not employ himself or herself, or another individual with whom the agent carries on business as a field agent, to perform regulated activities for the agent as a subagent.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(3) A principal field agent that is a corporation must not employ an executive officer of the corporation to perform regulated activities for the agent as a subagent.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual guilty of the offence under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 —200 penalty units; or

(b) for a corporation—1000 penalty units.