Queensland Consolidated Acts

SECOND-HAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS ACT 2003 - SECT 19

19 Grounds for suspending, cancelling, refusing to renew or restore, or imposing conditions on a licence

(1) Each of the following is a ground for suspending, cancelling, refusing to renew or restore, or imposing a condition on a licence—

(a) the licence, or a renewal or restoration of the licence, was obtained because of materially incorrect or misleading information;

(b) the licensee or an associate of the licensee has failed to comply with a condition of the licence;

(c) the licensee or an associate of the licensee has been convicted of an offence against this Act, the repealed Act or a law of another State that provides for the same matter as this Act within the last 5 years;

(d) the licensee is no longer a suitable person to hold a licence.

Note—

See section 7 .

(2) However, for subsection (1) (d) and section 20 , it is not a ground for suspending, cancelling, refusing to renew or restore, or imposing a condition on a licence that the licensee, or an associate of the licensee—

(a) is convicted of a disqualifying offence for which a conviction is recorded; or

(b) becomes subject to a relevant control order.

Notes—

1 See section 15 for refusals to renew or restore licences in the circumstances mentioned in this subsection.

2 See section 21A for cancellation of licences in the circumstances mentioned in this subsection.

(3) In this section—

"repealed Act" means the Second-hand Dealers and Collectors Act 1984 or the Pawnbrokers Act 1984 .