Queensland Consolidated Acts

DEBT COLLECTORS (FIELD AGENTS AND COLLECTION AGENTS) ACT 2014 - SECT 65

65 Licence may be deactivated

(1) A field agent may ask the chief executive to deactivate the agent’s licence.

(2) A request under subsection (1) must be made in the approved form and be accompanied by the field agent’s licence and the fee prescribed under a regulation.

(3) The licence is taken to be deactivated when the request, the licence and the prescribed fee are received by the chief executive under subsection (2) .

(4) A licence that is deactivated does not authorise the holder of the licence to perform an activity under the authority of the licence.

(5) The deactivation of a licence under this section does not—

(a) affect the term of the licence; or

(b) entitle the holder of the licence to a refund of fees relating to the licence for the balance of the licence’s term.

(6) The holder of a deactivated licence may apply to have the licence renewed under section 55 or restored under section 58 as a deactivated licence at a reduced fee prescribed under a regulation.