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Agents Act 2003
9Carrying on business as stock and station agent
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9 Carrying on business as stock and station agent
(1) A person carries on business as a stock and station agent if the
person provides, or offers to provide, a stock and station agent service
for a principal for reward.
(2) Each of the following is a stock and station agent service:
(a) buying, selling (other than by auction), exchanging, leasing,
assigning or otherwise disposing of rural land;
(b) negotiating with, or inducing or attempting to induce, a person
to—
(i) buy, sell, exchange, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of
rural land; or
contract to buy, sell, exchange, lease, assign or otherwise
dispose of rural land;
(c) introducing a buyer or lessee of rural land to another licensed
agent or to the owner, or an agent of the owner, of rural land;
(d) collecting payments under a lease of rural land;
(e) managing rural property under a lease;
(f) buying, selling (including by auction) or otherwise disposing of
livestock;
(g) negotiating with , or inducing or attempting to induce, a person
to—
(i) buy, sell, auction, exchange or otherwise dispose of
livestock; or
contract to buy, sell, auction, exchange or otherwise
dispose of livestock;
(h) providing agistment for livestock or collecting fees for the
agistment of livestock;
(i) any other service prescribed by regulation for this section.
lessee includes prospective lessee.
livestock means animals raised or kept for profit.