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INTRODUCTION AGENTS ACT 2001
- As at 25 May 2020
- Act 59 of 2001
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Purpose
4. This Act’s interaction with other laws
4A. Relationship with Fair Trading Inspectors Act 2014
PART 2 - INTERPRETATION
Division 1 - Definitions
5. Definitions
6. (Repealed)
Division 2 - Associated persons
7. Meaning of associated person and effective control
Division 3 - Introduction agent, business, service or agreement
8. Meaning of introduction agent and carry on the business of an introduction agent
9. Meaning of introduction service
10. Meaning of introduction agreement
Division 4 - Persons who are not introduction agents
11. Persons carrying out activities with a community purpose
12. Persons carrying out non-profit activities
13. Publishers of advertisements
14. Information providers
15. Organisers of social activities
16. Persons providing neighbourhood information and welcome services
17. Providers of prostitution
PART 3 - LICENCES
Division 1 - Applications for licence
18. Requirement to be licensed
19. Application for licence
20. Entitlement to licence
21. Disqualifying criteria—individuals
22. Disqualifying criteria—corporations
23. Inquiries about applicant’s suitability to hold licence
23A. Costs of criminal history report
23B. Confidentiality of criminal history
24. Decision on application
25. Renewal of licence
Division 2 - Suspensions, cancellations, refusals to renew and imposing conditions on licences
26. Grounds for suspending, cancelling, refusing to renew or imposing conditions on a licence
27. Procedure for suspending, cancelling, refusing to renew or imposing conditions on a licence
28. Return of suspended or cancelled licence
Division 3 - General provisions about licences
29. Requirement to notify changes in information given
30. Replacement licence
31. Surrender of licence
32. Licence not transferable
32A. Display of licence
33. Register of licences
PART 4 - RESTRICTIONS ON THE OPERATION OF INTRODUCTION AGENCIES
34. False representations by employees or associated persons
35. False representations by introduction agents
36. Use and protection of client information
37. Introduction agent not to use premises used for prostitution
38. Employees must be over 18
39. Clients must be over 18
40. Purpose of market research must be disclosed
41. Client’s name must be removed from active lists
42. Records must be kept for 7 years
PART 5 - INTRODUCTION AGREEMENTS
43. Pre-contractual disclosure statement
44. What must be included in an introduction agreement
45. Client must be given copy of agreement
46. When introduction agreement is voidable
47. Client entitled to refund if agreement voidable
48. When introduction agent entitled to compensation
49. Restriction on prepayments
50. Introduction agreement voidable if restriction on prepayments not complied with
51. Client entitled to full refund
52. When introduction agent entitled to compensation
53. Introduction agent and client can agree on refund or compensation
54. Balance of contract price to be paid at end of agreement or in equal instalments
55. Early termination payment by client allowed
56. Agreement with opt out clause
57. Provisions of this Act not to be avoided
58. Cooling-off period
59. Consequences of exercising rights in cooling-off period
59A. Onus on introduction agent to prove client bound
60. Additional services may only be provided under a new agreement
PART 6 - (Repealed)
PART 7 - EXTERNAL REVIEW
82. Definition for pt 7
83. Application for review by QCAT
84. (Repealed)
85. (Repealed)
86. (Repealed)
87. (Repealed)
PART 8 - MISCELLANEOUS
Division 1 - Undertakings
88. Undertakings about contravention of Act
89. Variation and withdrawal of undertakings
89A. Enforcement of undertakings
89B. Register of undertakings
Division 2 - General provisions about offences
90. Proceeding for offence
91. Evidence
92. Additional powers of court
93. Corporation taken to have knowledge of its officers
94. (Repealed)
Division 3 - Other general provisions
94A. Service by fax
95. Confidentiality of information
96. Protecting officials from liability
97. Delegation by chief executive
98. Approved forms
99. Regulation-making power
PART 9 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Division 1 - Transitional provisions for Act No. 59 of 2001
100. Requirement to be licensed
101. Existing introduction agreements
102. Existing employees under 18
Division 2 - Transitional provision for Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020
103. Existing applications
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
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