47Secretary must consider unreasonable delay—the Act, s 182AC

47 Secretary must consider unreasonable delay—the Act, s 182AC

47 Secretary must consider unreasonable delay—the Act, s 182AC

(1) For the Act, section 182AC(3), the Secretary must consider the following matters—

(a) whether the operator has taken reasonable steps to facilitate the sale of the premises and the time in which the steps were taken, including in relation to—

(i) the carrying out of an inspection of the premises, and

(ii) the refurbishment of the premises,

(b) if the operator is appointed by the former occupant as a selling agent of the premises under the Act, section 168—

(i) whether the operator complied with the operator’s requirements under that section within a reasonable time, and

(ii) whether the operator arranged for an inspection of the premises for the purposes of the sale of the premises within a reasonable time,

(c) whether the actions of the operator delayed access to the services of an Australian legal practitioner, licensed conveyancer or selling agent, as applicable, in relation to the sale of the premises,

(d) whether the operator complied with other requirements imposed by or under the Act or this regulation in relation to the sale of the premises within a reasonable time.

(2) In this section—

refurbishment has the same meaning as in the Act, section 162.