Financial Advisers Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Financial Advisers and Representatives
27. Representative to act for only one principal
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Unless otherwise approved by the Authority in writing, an appointed representative or provisional representative must not at any one time be a representative of more than one principal.
Despite subsection (1), an appointed representative may be a representative of more than one principal if the principals are related corporations.
appointed representative
“appointed representative”, in respect of a type of financial advisory service, has the meaning given to that expression by section 23, and “appointed representative” means an appointed representative in respect of any type of financial advisory service;
The Authority may require an applicant for approval under subsection (1) to provide it with such information or documents as the Authority considers necessary in relation to the application.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.[23G