Queensland Consolidated Acts

PROPERTY OCCUPATIONS ACT 2014 - SECT 85

85 Who must be in charge of a resident letting agent’s business at a place

(1) A resident letting agent who is an individual and a principal licensee must be in charge of the agent’s business at the agent’s registered office.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(2) A resident letting agent that is a corporation must ensure the individual in charge of the agent’s business at the agent’s registered office is a resident letting agent or real estate agent.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

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

(b) for a corporation—1,000 penalty units.

(3) If a resident letting agent who is an individual and a principal licensee has more than 1 place of business, the resident letting agent must ensure another individual who is a resident letting agent or real estate agent is in charge of the agent’s business at each place of business.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(4) If a resident letting agent that is a corporation has more than 1 place of business, the resident letting agent must ensure an individual who is a resident letting agent or real estate agent is in charge of the agent’s business at each place of business.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

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

(b) for a corporation—1,000 penalty units.

(5) An individual must not be in charge of a resident letting agent’s business at more than 1 place of business.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(6) It is not an offence against subsection (5) for an individual who is a resident letting agent or real estate agent to be in charge of more than 1 place of business if each place of business is on land contiguous to land on which the other place of business is located.

(7) For subsection (6) , land is
"contiguous" with other land only if the parcels of land have a common boundary that is not separated by a public road.