Agents Act 2003
10Carrying on business as business agent
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10 Carrying on business as business agent (1) A person carries on business as a business agent if the person provides, or offers to provide, a business agent service for a principal for reward. (2) Each of the following is a business agent service: (a) buying, selling, exchanging, disposing of, or otherwise dealing with, a business or professional practice or a share or interest in the goodwill or stock of a business or professional practice; (b) negotiating for the purchase, sale, exchange, disposition of, or other dealing with, a business or professional practice or any share or interest in the goodwill or stock of a business or professional practice; (c) any other service prescribed by regulation for this section. (3) To remove any doubt, a person does not carry on business as a business agent only because the person carries on business as a stock and station agent.