Queensland Consolidated Acts

DEBT COLLECTORS (FIELD AGENTS AND COLLECTION AGENTS) ACT 2014 - SECT 35

35 Licence or registration certificate not to be used improperly

(1) A field agent or subagent must not—

(a) represent that the person’s licence or registration certificate entitles the person to exercise a power the person may not lawfully exercise; or

(b) use the person’s licence or registration certificate to exercise a power the person may not lawfully exercise.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2) A collection agent must not represent that the person’s authorisation under part 2 , division 3 entitles the person to exercise a power the person may not lawfully exercise.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(3) In this section—

"represent" includes suggest or imply.

"use" includes attempt to use.