Tasmanian Numbered Acts Tasmanian Numbered Acts5. Ineligibility to be licensed
(1) A person is ineligible to hold a licence if –
(a) he or she does not hold the prescribed qualifications and have the prescribed experience; or
(b) he or she is an undischarged bankrupt or a person who has made an arrangement with creditors that has not been carried out; or
(c) his or her licence has been suspended or cancelled under Part 4; or
(d) he or she is disqualified from acting as a legal practitioner under the Legal Profession Act 1993 ; or
(e) he or she holds a licence under the Auctioneers and Real Estate Agents Act 1991 ; or
(f) he or she has, within the preceding period of 5 years, been convicted in Tasmania or elsewhere of an indictable offence and sentenced to –
(i) imprisonment for a term or terms in the aggregate of 3 years or more; or
(ii) a period of detention for 3 years or more under a restriction order made under section 75(1)(e) of the Sentencing Act 1997 or an equivalent order made in any jurisdiction outside Tasmania.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(f) –
(a) a conviction in respect of which a free pardon has been granted is to be disregarded; and
(b) a person who is on parole is taken to be serving a sentence of imprisonment.