Queensland Consolidated Acts

PROPERTY OCCUPATIONS ACT 2014 - SECT 98

98 Employment of persons in real estate business

(1) A real estate agent must not employ, as a real estate salesperson, a person the agent knows, or ought to know, does not hold a registration certificate.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(2) A real estate agent must not directly engage an independent contractor as a real estate salesperson unless the independent contractor holds a property agent licence.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(3) A principal licensee who is an individual and carries on the business of a real estate agent must not employ, as a real estate salesperson for the business, himself or herself or another individual with whom the principal licensee carries on business as a real estate agent.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(4) A principal licensee that is a corporation and carries on business as a real estate agent must not employ an executive officer of the corporation as a real estate salesperson for the 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.