You built it. I will get it sold.

The licence that permits a person to sell a business for someone else for reward in Queensland. Section 26 of the Property Occupations Act 2014 (Qld) authorises the holder to “buy, sell, exchange, or let businesses or interests in businesses”. There is no separate business broker licence in Queensland, which is why the licence carries a property name and a business limb.

The lower Queensland authorisation, held by a salesperson who works for a licensee rather than on their own account. The Queensland Government states it requires 12 units from the Certificate IV in Real Estate Practice, that an applicant must be 18 or older, and that the fee is $401.10 for 1 year or $681.50 for 3 years from 1 July 2026.

The Office of Fair Trading test applied before a licence is issued. Per the Queensland Government licence application page, an applicant must not be “an insolvent under administration”, must not be “currently disqualified from holding a licence or registration certificate”, and must not have been convicted of “a serious offence within the past 5 years”. Criminal history, previous corporate insolvencies, claim fund actions, licence cancellations, director disqualifications and character are also considered.

The field on the free Queensland licensee search that records when the data was last updated. It is the reason a free search is a starting point and not a final answer. The Office of Fair Trading states that the free online register “is for your information only. You cannot use it as evidence in legal proceedings.”

The Office of Fair Trading’s paid product, which returns the name of the holder, their registered business name and place of business, the status of the licence expressed as current, expired, refused, cancelled or suspended, and the licence number and class. The fee is $20.70 on the fee schedule updated 1 July 2026, and the Office of Fair Trading states it can send an extract within 10 working days.

training.gov.au, the national register of vocational education and training, described by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations as the source of truth for nationally recognised training. It publishes what each qualification comprises and which qualifications supersede which. It does not record who holds a qualification, which is why the certification document issued by the training organisation is the evidence, not the website.

The entry requirement for the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, being demonstrated broad industry knowledge and experience in the area a person proposes to train and assess in, per the qualification’s release document on training.gov.au. A Certificate IV in Training and Assessment does not authorise a person to train in a field where they do not hold it.

The rules of the Australian Institute of Business Brokers, which require members to “act with integrity and steadfastly adhere to our principles, rules and the law”, to discharge duties “with skill, diligence, competence and care consistent with the prevailing professional standards”, to place the client’s interests first, to obtain written instructions before acting, and to keep clients promptly informed of substantial developments. The Code applies “to all our members, irrespective of membership type or category”.

An accreditation run by the Australian Institute of Business Brokers, and a prerequisite for its Registered Business Valuer accreditation. It is an accreditation of a membership body, not a government registration, and it does not appear on any public register maintained by a regulator.

The senior accreditation of the Australian Institute of Business Brokers. Its published requirements include “a minimum of 5 years’ continuous experience as a current full time practicing business brokers”, current paid up membership, the Certified Practicing Business Broker accreditation, the Advanced Business Brokers course or equivalent, business and personal references, a personal disclosure form, and professional indemnity insurance once accredited.

The account into which client money must go under the Agents Financial Administration Act 2014 (Qld). Section 16 requires an agent to pay a received amount into it “before the end of the first business day after receiving the amount”. Section 20 puts trust money beyond the reach of the agent’s creditors. Section 30 requires an auditor to be appointed within 1 month of the account being opened.

The statutory fund established by section 78 of the Agents Financial Administration Act 2014 (Qld), which pays claims where a person suffers financial loss from events listed in section 82, including stealing or misapplication of entrusted property. Section 25 of the Agents Financial Administration Regulation 2014 (Qld) caps recovery at $200,000 per claimant, and $2,000,000 in total arising out of contraventions by a single person.

The Office of Fair Trading approved form for a commercial agent appointment, which is the form a business sale uses. The version examined is version 1, dated May 2024, and it runs to ten parts. Part 2 carries the licensee’s trading name, licence number and licence expiry date, so the form itself is a place to check the licence against the register.

The ASIC register of people and entities “disqualified or banned from roles in corporations, financial services or the credit industry”, drawn from six source registers. A free search returns the name, the type of ban or disqualification, the start date, whether it is permanent or temporary, and the end date if temporary. It is a different universe from the Queensland property licence, so a person can hold a current Queensland licence and still appear on it.