Estate Agents Act 1979
Estate Agents Act 1979 (1979 c. 38)
- Estate Agents Act 1979 (1979 c. 38)
- Application of Act
- 1 Estate agency work.
- 2 Interests in land.
- Orders by the lead enforcement authority
- 3 Orders prohibiting unfit persons from doing estate agency work.
- 4 Warning orders.
- 5 Supplementary provisions as to orders under sections 3 and 4.
- 6 Revocation and variation of orders under sections 3 and 4.
- 7 Appeals.
- 8 Register of orders etc.
- Information, entry and inspection
- 9 Information for the lead enforcement authority
- 9A Notice of convictions and judgments
- 10 Restriction on disclosure of information.
- 11 Powers of entry and inspection.
- 11A Failure to produce information
- Clients’ money and accounts
- 12 Meaning of “clients’ money” etc.
- 13 Clients’ money held on trust or as agent.
- 14 Keeping of client accounts.
- 15 Interest on clients’ money.
- 16 Insurance cover for clients’ money.
- 17 Exemptions from section 16.
- Regulation of other aspects of estate agency work
- 18 Information to clients of prospective liabilities.
- 19 Regulation of pre-contract deposits outside Scotland.
- Supervision, enforcement, publicity, etc.
- 20 Prohibition of pre-contract deposits in Scotland.
- 21 Transactions in which an estate agent has a personal interest.
- 22 Standards of competence.
- 23 Bankrupts not to engage in estate agency work.
- Redress schemes
- 23A Redress schemes
- 23B Enforcement
- 23C Meaning of residential property
- Supervision, enforcement, publicity etc.
- 24 Supervision by Council on Tribunals.
- 24A Lead enforcement authority
- 25 General duties of the lead enforcement authority
- 26 Enforcement authorities.
- 27 Obstruction and personation of authorised officers.
- Supplementary
- 28 General provisions as to offences.
- 29 Service of notices etc.
- 30 Orders and regulations.
- 31 Meaning of “business associate” and “controller”.
- 32 Meaning of “associate”.
- 33 General interpretation provisions.
- 34 Financial provisions.
- 35 Scotland.
- 36 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Provisions Supplementary to Section 3(1)
- Spent convictions
- Discrimination
- SCHEDULE 2 Procedure etc.
- Part I Orders and Decisions Under Sections 3, 4 and 6
- Introductory
- Notice of proposal
- Hearing of representations
- Decision
- Notification of decision
- Part II Applications Under Sections 6(1) and 8(3)
- SCHEDULE 3 Redress Schemes
- Approval of redress schemes
- Applications for approval to the lead enforcement authority
- Notification of changes to an approved scheme
- Withdrawal of approval by the lead enforcement authority
- Revocation of designation by the Secretary of State
- Defamation proceedings
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 4 Penalty notices under section 23B(1)
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