Property Agents and Land Transactions Regulations 2017
11Record of trust account deposit to be kept
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11 Record of trust account deposit to be kept
(1) A property agent must keep a record of all deposits of trust money into a trust account.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(2) The trust account deposit record is to –
(a) have printed on it –
(i) the property agent's name or the business name under which the property agent carries on business; and
(ii) the words "trust account"; and
(b) state –
(i) the date on which the money was deposited into the trust account; and
(ii) the account number of the trust account; and
(iii) if the money was in the form of a cheque, the name of the drawer of the cheque; and
(c) be signed by –
(i) the property agent; or
(ii) a person approved by the property agent to act for or on behalf of the property agent.
(3) A property agent must make at least one duplicate of each trust account deposit record.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.