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If you walk into an AFS Licensee's office waving your RG146 certificate and they appoint you without doing the necessary checks to ensure you meet all the other requirements, they have breached their license conditions.

Ensuring you aren't a bankrupt is an up front requirement. Ensuring you have a clean police record is an upfront requirment. Ensuring you have RG126 Insurance in place is an upfront requirement.

It has nothing to do with whether the AR hold's their own license or not. If Bill had his own license (be it personal or company), as an Individual he would have to meet the exact same criteria to act as an AR as if he was acting on behalf of another licensee.

I agree there are bad reps out there, and yes it is probably too easy to get an AR status with a licensee. Which is why I suggest always transacting directly with the Licensee, and ensuring all invoices / receipts are from the licensee. A rep can dissapear very quickly, but a licensee has a far greater vested interest.

<blockquote data-quote="TeleSonic" data-source="post: 596737" data-attributes="member: 18144">If you walk into an AFS Licensee&#039;s office waving your RG146 certificate and they appoint you without doing the necessary checks to ensure you meet all the other requirements, they have breached their license conditions. Ensuring you aren&#039;t a bankrupt is an up front requirement. Ensuring you have a clean police record is an upfront requirment. Ensuring you have RG126 Insurance in place is an upfront requirement. It has nothing to do with whether the AR hold&#039;s their own license or not. If Bill had his own license (be it personal or company), as an Individual he would have to meet the exact same criteria to act as an AR as if he was acting on behalf of another licensee. I agree there are bad reps out there, and yes it is probably too easy to get an AR status with a licensee. Which is why I suggest always transacting directly with the Licensee, and ensuring all invoices / receipts are from the licensee. A rep can dissapear very quickly, but a licensee has a far greater vested interest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TeleSonic, post: 596737, member: 18144"] If you walk into an AFS Licensee's office waving your RG146 certificate and they appoint you without doing the necessary checks to ensure you meet all the other requirements, they have breached their license conditions. Ensuring you aren't a bankrupt is an up front requirement. Ensuring you have a clean police record is an upfront requirment. Ensuring you have RG126 Insurance in place is an upfront requirement. It has nothing to do with whether the AR hold's their own license or not. If Bill had his own license (be it personal or company), as an Individual he would have to meet the exact same criteria to act as an AR as if he was acting on behalf of another licensee. I agree there are bad reps out there, and yes it is probably too easy to get an AR status with a licensee. Which is why I suggest always transacting directly with the Licensee, and ensuring all invoices / receipts are from the licensee. A rep can dissapear very quickly, but a licensee has a far greater vested interest. [/QUOTE]

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