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Agents Act 2003
74Duty to notify failures to account
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74 Duty to notify failures to account
(1) A licensed agent commits an offence if the agent—
(a) finds out that there has been a failure to account by an employee;
and
(b) does not tell the commissioner for fair trading about the failure
within 5 business days after the day the agent finds out about it.
employee, of a licensed agent, includes a person who performs
services for the agent on contract.
Offences—assistant property agents Division 5.3
Division 5.3 Offences—assistant property agents
Note At common law, a licensed agent is responsible, in tort and contract, for
acts or omissions of the agent’s employees within the scope of the
employee’s authority or for the benefit, or purported or intended benefit,
of the agent or agent’s business.