Agents Licensing Act 1979
114Improper use of title of agent
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114 Improper use of title of agent (1) A person, other than a licensed agent, shall not use, in an advertisement or any other mode of public notification, words that would reasonably lead to the belief that the person is a licensed (2) Without limiting the effect of subsection (1), a person other than a licensed agent or a registered agent's representative shall not: (a) place, or suffer or permit to be placed, on the building in which the person's office is situated; or
Agents Licensing Act 1979 85 (b) place, on a document, as a description of the person's business, the words "real estate agent", "estate agent", "land agent", "property agent", "business agent", "conveyancing agent" or words implying that, in the course of the person's business, the person acts, or is prepared to act, as agent for clients in connection with any of the matters referred to in section 5(2).