Subagent registration - Queensland

Description

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

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 and do not require a licence if you only:

  • collect debts (and do not repossess goods or do process serving)
  • contact debtors over the phone or in writing
  • perform evictions or vacant repossessions of real property.

Service type

Licence

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

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible, you must:

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

There are no educational requirements for applicants for a subagent. You 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.

Duration

One or three years

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
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You can find the current fees here.

Application process

Apply

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 driver's licence. Proof of identity can be certified by a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for Declarations, barrister/solicitor or notary public (please note that 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, has known you for not less than 12 months immediately before the application, and is not related to you by birth or marriage.

Approval time

Processing time is between four and six weeks.

Transfer

You cannot transfer this registration.

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.

Please use these contact details for help or more information:

Industry Licensing Unit

Office of Fair Trading

Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Mailing address: GPO Box 3111
Brisbane, Queensland 4001
Phone: 13 74 68
Fax: 07 3738 8784
Email: IndustryLicensing@justice.qld.gov.au