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Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
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177 Disqualifications resulting from revocation, cancellation or
suspension of licence
(1) If a dealer's licence has been revoked by a notice under
section 150(2), or cancelled by the operation of section 141(5), or
suspended either by a notice under section 150(2) or by the
operation of section 141(3), this section applies to the dealer:
(a) in the case of revocation – subject to subsection (2), for a
period of 12 months from the service of the notice; and
(b) in the case of cancellation – for a period of 12 months from the
date when the cancellation took effect; and
(c) in the case of suspension – until the suspension ends.
(2) This section ceases to apply to a dealer whose licence has been
revoked or suspended by a notice under section 150(2) if the
Director's decision to revoke or suspend the licence is set aside by
NTCAT on review of the decision.
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(3) If this section applies to a dealer:
(a) the dealer is disqualified from holding a licence; and
(b) if the dealer becomes employed or otherwise engaged in the
business of another dealer, both the dealer and the other
dealer are guilty of an offence against this section.
Maximum penalty for an offence against subsection (3):
If the offender is a natural person – 500 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate – 2 500 penalty
units.