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Agents Act 2003
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132 Commissioner may freeze accounts
(1) If it appears to the commissioner for fair trading that trust money may
have been stolen, misappropriated or misapplied, the commissioner
may, in writing, direct that—
(a) no amount be withdrawn from a stated account without the
commissioner’s written approval; or
(b) a stated account be operated only in accordance with stated
conditions; or
(c) if a claim has been made against the compensation fund in
relation to the trust money—all or a stated part of the amount to
the credit of a stated account be paid to the commissioner within
a stated reasonable time.
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(2) The direction must—
(a) identify each account to which it relates; and
(b) be given to—
(i) the holder of each account to which it relates; and
(ii) the authorised deposit-taking institution with which the
account is kept.