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Law of Property Act 2000
63Sales of land by auction
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63 Sales of land by auction
(1) In the case of a sale of land by auction:
(a) a right to bid may be expressly reserved by or on behalf of the
vendor and, if so, the vendor or a person on behalf of the
vendor may, subject to paragraph (b), bid at the auction;
(b) if the sale is not notified in the conditions of sale to be subject
to a right to bid on behalf of the vendor, the vendor is not
entitled to bid or to employ a person to bid at the sale and the
auctioneer is not entitled to take a bid from the vendor or the
person;
(c) a sale that contravenes or does not comply with paragraph (b)
may be treated as fraudulent by the purchaser; and
(d) a sale may be notified in the conditions of sale to be subject to
a reserved or upset price.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to sales of land by auction effected after the