Estate Agents Act 1980
33The Register
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33 The Register
(1) The Registrar must keep a register of estate agents and agent's representatives open for public inspection in the form determined by the Registrar.
(2) The purposes of keeping the register are—
(a) to enable members of the public to have access to information about—
(i) licensed estate agents and agent's representatives;
(ii) other people involved in estate agency business; and
(b) to record the names of all persons declared ineligible to hold a licence or to be an agent's representative.
(3) The register must contain details of the following in relation to each licensed estate agent or estate agency business—
(a) licence number issued by the Authority;
S. 33(3)(b) amended by No. 63/2010 s. 39.
(b) name and registered address;
(c) date of grant, surrender, cancellation or suspension of the licence;
(d) licence conditions;
(e) any Tribunal or court orders concerning the estate agent or agent's representative that affects the licence or status of the agent's representative of which the Registrar has notice;
(f) any claims allowed by the Fund (or any like fund established under a previous enactment) in relation to a licensed estate agent or agent's representative of which the Registrar has notice;
(g) address and telephone number of the principal office of the licensed estate agent;
(h) if the licensed estate agent has branch offices—
(i) the address of each branch office;
(ii) the name of each branch manager;
(iii) the date of appointment of each branch manager;
(iv) the date of cessation of appointment of each branch manager;
(i) if the licensed estate agent is operating under a franchise agreement—
(i) the name and address of the franchisor;
(ii) the date of commencement of the franchise agreement;
(iii) the date of cessation of the franchise agreement;
(j) if the licensed estate agent is a corporation—
(i) the name of each director;
(ii) the date of appointment of each director;
(iii) the date of cessation of appointment of each director;
(iv) the name of the officer in effective control;
(v) the date of appointment of the officer in effective control;
(vi) the date of cessation of appointment of the officer in effective control;
(k) if the licensed estate agent is an employee of a licensed estate agent, the name and address of the employer;