9   Disqualification from registration

(1)  A person is disqualified from registration as a valuer if the person:

(a)  has a conviction in New South Wales or elsewhere for an offence involving dishonesty that was recorded in the last 10 years, unless the Director-General has determined under subsection (2) that the offence should be ignored, or

(b)  is an undischarged bankrupt or is concerned in the management of, or a director of, a corporation that is the subject of a winding-up order or for which a controller or administrator has been appointed, unless (in the case of an undischarged bankrupt) the Director-General has certified that he or she is satisfied that the person took all reasonable steps to avoid the bankruptcy, or

(c)  at any time in the 3 years preceding the application for registration, was an undischarged bankrupt, applied to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounded with his or her creditors or made an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit, unless the Director-General has certified that he or she is satisfied that the person took all reasonable steps to avoid the bankruptcy, or

(d)  at any time in the 3 years preceding the application for registration, was concerned in the management of a corporation when the corporation was the subject of a winding-up order or when a controller or administrator was appointed, unless the Director-General is satisfied that the person took all reasonable steps to avoid the liquidation or administration, or

(e)  is a mentally incapacitated person, or

(f)  is disqualified from being licensed or registered or otherwise authorised under a corresponding law or whose licence, registration or other authority under a corresponding law is suspended, or

(g)  is the holder of a licence, permit or other authority that is suspended under the Fair Trading Act 1987, or

(h)  subject to the regulations, is in partnership as a valuer with a person who is a disqualified person, or

(i)  is for the time being declared to be a disqualified person under Part 3 (Complaints and disciplinary action), or

(j)  has failed to pay any monetary penalty payable by the person under Part 3 (Complaints and disciplinary action) or has failed to comply with a direction given by the Director-General under that Part, and the failure continues, or

(k)  is in breach of any provision of this Act or the regulations that is prescribed by the regulations as a disqualifying breach.

(2)  The Director-General may determine that an offence committed by a person should be ignored for the purposes of this section because of the time that has passed since the offence was committed or because of the triviality of the acts or omissions giving rise to the offence.