Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who has a current negative notice or current negative exemption notice must not—
(a) sign an application as an engaged person under section 83 or 89A; or
(b) apply for, or start or continue in, regulated engagement.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment.
(2) However, if the person held a positive notice but a negative notice or negative exemption notice was substituted for the positive notice under section 101(1), 102 or 105, a court may not find the person contravened subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied that notice of the substitution was given to the person.
(3) Also, if the person held a positive exemption notice but a negative exemption notice was substituted for the positive exemption notice under section 101A(1) or 105B, a court may not find the person contravened subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied that notice of the substitution was given to the person.