Subagent registration - Queensland

Description

You must register to work as a subagent for a field agent.  The registration lets you perform tasks on behalf of your employer.

Authorised activities

Once you register, you will be able to act on behalf of a licensed field agent to:

  • find and recover goods
  • collect debts
  • serve documents

You must not operate a trust account.

Alternatively, you can work as a collection agent if you only:

  • collect debts (and do not repossess goods or do process serving)
  • contact debtors over the phone or in writing.

You must have a subagent registration to do any other type of work as the employee of a field agent.

Applicants must be both suitable and eligible in order to obtain a registration.

 

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements


You must:

  • be at least 18 years of age
  • be a suitable person
  • be an eligible person.

Duration

This licence will remain in effect for 12 months or 3 years. You will be issued with a renewal notice annually or every 3 years approximately 6 weeks before the expiry date.

Fees

Common Fees details for this service in table format.

Type Amount Description
Application $323.00

Application and licence fee - 1 year
Application $548.90

Application and licence issue fee - 3 years
Application $38.80

Criminal history check

Regulation(s) name

Debt Collectors (Field Agents and Collection Agents) Regulation 2014 QLD

Application process

To apply for this registration, submit a Form 3-2: Application for a subagent registration certificate.

Your application must be accompanied by:

  • an application fee
  • a licence issue fee
  • a criminal history check fee
  • a certified copy of either birth certificate, birth certificate extract, passport, certificate of Australian Citizenship or drivers licence. Proof of identity can be certified by a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for Declarations, barrister/solicitor or notary public.; (Note: You are not required to provide any of the above upon renewal)
  • two recent colour photographs. Each photograph must be at least 35 mm x 45 mm and not more than 40 mm x 50 mm in size, and certified by a person who is at least 18 years of age; and has known you for not less than 12 months immediately before the application; and is not related to you by birth or marriage.

The registration certificate application fee and registration certificate renewal fee are not refundable.

Transfer

Can it be transferred?

You cannot transfer this registration.

Additional information

Applicants must undergo a criminal history check to confirm their suitability. The criminal history check applies to each person for whom a date and place of birth are requested on the application form. The fee applies to all applications and renewal notices.

Administering agency

Department of Justice and Attorney-General

Office of Fair Trading

Industry Licensing Unit

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.

Queensland Government Service Centre

Industry Licensing Unit

Office of Fair Trading

Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Operating address: Upper Plaza Terrace
33 Charlotte Street
Brisbane, Queensland 4000
Mailing address: GPO Box 3111
Brisbane, Queensland 4001
Phone: 13 QGOV (13 74 68)
Phone: 07 3405 0985
Fax: 07 3008 5933
Email: IndustryLicensing@justice.qld.gov.au
Website: Office of Fair Trading (Opens in new window)