31BBankrupt person may be allowed limited right to hold licence etc.

31B Bankrupt person may be allowed limited right to hold licence etc. (1) This section applies to a person who is an insolvent under administration. S. 31B(2) amended by No. 52/1998 s. 84(1). (2) The person may apply to the Authority for permission to hold an estate agent's licence as an employee or to be employed as an agent's representative. S. 31B(2A) inserted by No. 8/2003 s. 50. S. 31B(2B) inserted by No. 8/2003 s. 50. (b) require the applicant to provide any further information that the Authority thinks fit in the manner required by the Authority; S. 31B(2C) inserted by No. 8/2003 s. 50. (2C) The Authority may refuse to give its permission if the applicant does not provide the further information required, or his or her consent for the Authority to obtain that information, within a reasonable time after the requirement is made. S. 31B(3) amended by No. 52/1998 s. 84(1). (3) The Authority may give its permission if it is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest for it to do so. (4) Section 14(5)(d) does not apply to a person in respect of whom permission has been given. (5) A person in respect of whom permission has been given is eligible to act as an agent's representative, despite section 16(1)(d). (6) A person to whom permission has been given and who is an insolvent under administration must not act as the officer in effective control of any estate agency business. S. 31C inserted by No. 86/1994 s. 20.