24Persons licensed or registered as agents elsewhere

24 Persons licensed or registered as agents elsewhere (1) Notwithstanding section 22, a person, not being a company or firm, who is licensed or registered as an agent under a law of a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth providing for the licensing or registration of agents, is eligible for the grant of a licence of a like kind by the Board. (2) Where a licence is granted to a person by virtue of subsection (1), the licence shall be: (a) subject to the conditions as nearly as practicable the same as those to which the licence or registration granted under the law of the State or Territory is subject; and

Agents Licensing Act 1979 17 (b) revoked immediately upon the revocation or suspension of the licence or registration granted under the law of the State or Territory, except where the revocation or suspension under the law of the State or Territory is for the non-payment of a fee. (3) The revocation of a licence under subsection (2)(b) shall be deemed to be a revocation by the Board pursuant to section 69(1)(d).