Property Agents and Land Transactions Act 2016
25Qualifications for real estate agent licence
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25 Qualifications for real estate agent licence
A person is qualified to be granted a real estate agent licence if –
(a) the person's name has been in Part 1 of the Register at any time during the 5-year period immediately preceding the licence application; or
(b) in the case of a natural person, the person –
(i) [Section 25 Amended by No. 40 of 2020, s. 6, Applied:04 May 2022] has the qualifications required to be held by the person that are specified in a determination made and in force under section 28A(1)(a) ; and
(ii) has, during the 5-year period immediately preceding the licence application, been employed as a property manager or property representative for –
(A) a period of at least 2 years full-time employment; or
(B) periods of part-time employment that total 2 years; or
(c) in the case of a company, at least one of its directors holds a real estate agent licence; or
(d) the person –
(i) has, at any time during the 5-year period immediately preceding the application, been authorised under the law of another State or a Territory of Australia to carry on real estate agency business in that State or Territory; and
(ii) has been employed full time in real estate agency business in another State or a Territory of Australia for a total period of at least 2 years during the 5-year period immediately preceding the licence application; and
(iii) [Section 25 Amended by No. 40 of 2020, s. 6, Applied:04 May 2022] except in the case of a company, has satisfied the Board, by examination or inquiry, that he or she has sufficient knowledge and experience as a real estate agent to be able to carry on that business.