Queensland Consolidated Acts

DEBT COLLECTORS (FIELD AGENTS AND COLLECTION AGENTS) ACT 2014 - SECT 20

20 Restriction on performing debt collection activity

(1) This section applies to a collection agent who performs a debt collection activity that the agent—

(a) is not authorised to perform under section 19 ; or

(b) is not authorised to perform because of a condition imposed on the agent by QCAT under section 116 (1) (e) .

(2) The collection agent is taken to be a person who acts as a person without an authorisation for the performance of the activity.

Note—

For the consequences of a collection agent performing an activity that the agent is not authorised to perform, see sections 26 and 30 .