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SETTLEMENT AGENTS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 14

14 .         Absence of licensee

        (1)         A person who is in bona fide control of a business operated under a licence shall not, without the prior approval in writing of the Commissioner, absent himself from that business for more than 4 continuous weeks in any one calendar year.

        Penalty: $100.

        (2)         An application for approval under subregulation (1) shall state whether, in the absence of the person in bona fide control of the business, that business is to be —

            (a)         closed; or

            (b)         conducted by another person.

        (3)         The Commissioner may refuse to grant approval under subregulation (1) —

            (a)         where the business is to be closed, unless and until the person in bona fide control of that business has satisfied the Commissioner that at the date of closure he will have carried out all his obligations under the Act or the code of conduct; or

            (b)         where the business is to be conducted by another person, if the Commissioner does not consider that person is suitable to conduct that business.

        (4)         A person who, pursuant to an approval granted by the Commissioner under this regulation, conducts a business operated under a licence during the absence of the person in bona fide control of that business does not commit an offence under section 26 of the Act.

        [Regulation 14 inserted: Gazette 30 Mar 1984 p. 910; erratum: Gazette 6 Apr 1984 p. 998; amended: Gazette 30 Jun 2011 p. 2677.]



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