Australian Capital Territory
Agents Amendment Act 2001
No 67 of 2001
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Commencement	2
	3	Act amended	2
	4	Applications for licences by individuals
Section 48	2
	5	Section 48 (1) (a)	2
	6	Section 48 (1) (b) to (d)	2
	7	Section 48 (1) (e)	2
	8	Section 48 (1)	2
	9	Applications for licences by companies
Section 49 (1) (a) to (ga)	3
	10	Section 49 (1) (h)	3
	11	Section 49 (1) (j)	3
	12	Section 49 (1)	3
	13	Section 71ZA	3
	14	Divisions—renumbering	4

Australian Capital Territory
Agents Amendment Act 2001
No 67 of 2001

An Act to amend the Agents Act 1968

    
    
[Notified in ACT Gazette No. S66: 10 September 2001]
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Agents Amendment Act 2001.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day it is notified in the Gazette.
3	Act amended
This Act amends the Agents Act 1968.
4	Applications for licences by individuals
Section 48
omit everything before subsection (1) (a), substitute
48	Applications for licences by individuals
	(1)	An application by an individual for the grant of a licence to carry on business as an agent—
5	Section 48 (1) (a)
at the end insert
; and
6	Section 48 (1) (b) to (d)
at the end insert
and
7	Section 48 (1) (e)
omit
8	Section 48 (1)
renumber paragraphs when Act next republished under the Legislation Act 2001
9	Applications for licences by companies
Section 49 (1) (a) to (ga)
at the end insert
and
10	Section 49 (1) (h)
omit
; and
11	Section 49 (1) (j)
omit
12	Section 49 (1)
renumber paragraphs when Act next republished under the Legislation Act 2001
13	Section 71ZA
substitute
71ZA	Claims
	(1)	A claim for compensation must—
	(a)	be in writing; and
	(b)	be given to the board within the appropriate period; and
	(c)	state the full name and home address of the claimant; and
	(d)	contain full particulars of the claim; and
	(e)	be accompanied by a statutory declaration to the effect that the particulars contained in the claim are true.
	(2)	The board must reject a claim that does not, at the time it is given, comply with subsection (1).
	(3)	The appropriate period is the earlier of—
	(a)	1 year after the day the claimant becomes aware of the failure to account to which the claim relates; or
	(b)	2 years after the day the failure to account happens.
	(4)	However, if before the end of the period within which a claim for compensation would, apart from this subsection, be required to be given, a notice about the making of the claim is published under section 71Z, the appropriate period is the period mentioned in the notice.
14	Divisions—renumbering
renumber divisions when Act next republished under Legislation Act 2001

Endnotes
Act amended
1	Republished as in force on 1 March 1999.  See also Acts 1999 Nos 33 and 66; 2000 No 9; 2001 Nos 17 and 44.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 9 August 2001]

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