133Disciplinary action

133 Disciplinary action

133 Disciplinary action

(1) Each of the following actions is disciplinary action that the Secretary can take against a person under this Act—

(a) caution or reprimand the person,

(b) give a direction to the person requiring the person to give a specified undertaking to the Secretary as to the manner in which the person will conduct the conveyancing business or exercise functions under the person’s licence,

(c) give a direction to the person requiring the person to take specified action within a specified time in connection with the conduct of the conveyancing business or the exercise of functions under a licence,

(d) impose a monetary penalty on the person of an amount not exceeding 200 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 100 penalty units in any other case,

(e) impose a condition on the person’s licence,

(f) suspend the person’s licence for a period that does not exceed the unexpired term of the licence,

(g) cancel the person’s licence,

(h) declare the person to be a disqualified person for the purposes of this Act, either permanently or for a specified period,

(i) disqualify the person from being involved in the direction, management or conduct of the conveyancing business.

(2) A power conferred by this Act to take disciplinary action against a person is a power to take any one or more of the actions that constitute disciplinary action.

(3) When a licence is suspended, it is taken not to be in force except for such provisions of this Act or the regulations as the regulations may prescribe as provisions that remain applicable to a suspended licence.