Agents Licensing Act 1979 (NT)

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

AGENTS LICENSING ACT 1979

As in force at 3 March 2023

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northern territory of australia

As in force at 3 March 2023

AGENTS LICENSING act 1979

An Act to provide for the licensing of certain agents, the registration of representatives of those licensed agents and for related purposes

Part IPreliminary 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Agents Licensing Act 1979.

2Commencement

The several Parts and sections of this Act shall commence on such dates as are respectively fixed by the Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

3Repeal

The Land and Business Agents Ordinance 1974 is repealed.

4Application

(1)
This Act does not apply in relation to:
- (a)
  an executor, administrator, liquidator or receiver other than a receiver appointed under this Act, the committee of the estate of a person appointed under a law relating to mental health, a manager of the estate of a person appointed under a law relating to the property of protected persons or any other trustee, while exercising a right or power or performing a duty or obligation, as such; or
- (b)
  an ADI while exercising a right or power, or performing a duty or obligation, as a trustee; or
- (c)
  a person practising in the Territory as a legal practitioner in the exercise of rights and powers or the performance of duties and obligations in his or her professional capacity.
(2)
This Act does not bind the Crown or its officers or servants.

5Interpretation

(1)
In this Act:
accounting records, in relation to a person, includes such working papers and other documents as are necessary to explain the methods and calculations by which accounts of the person are made up.
agent means a real estate agent, business agent or conveyancing agent.
agent’s representative means a person who, in the service of, and on behalf of, a licensed agent negotiates or holds himself or herself out as being prepared to negotiate any transaction of a description referred to in subsection (2)(a) or (b).
approved form means a form approved under section 126A(1).
Board means the Agents Licensing Board of the Northern Territory constituted under Part II.
body corporate manager, under the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009, means a body corporate manager as defined in section 87(1) of that Act.
business manager means a person, with substantive and effective control of one or more of the registered offices of the business operated under a licence, who is specified on the licence as a business manager in respect of the office or offices.
Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 9 and includes the Deputy Chairperson when acting as the Chairperson.
company means a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001.
corporation manager under the Unit Titles Act 1975 means a person who for reward (whether monetary or otherwise), and whether or not the person carries on any…

12 Application of Part

This Part applies in relation to any matter arising under this Act, subject to the conditions prescribed by the regulations and to any determination made by the Minister under section 9.

(1) A person must not engage in conduct referred to in subsection (2) unless the person holds an authority issued under this Division and complies with the conditions of that authority.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the conduct includes any act done in the course of carrying on a business, whether or not for profit, within the meaning given by section 4.

13 Powers of the Minister

The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify the matters to be taken into account in determining an application, and may vary or revoke any such notice.

(3) Nothing in this section limits the operation of any other provision of this Act or the regulations in relation to the matters referred to in this Part.

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