The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, exempt any person or class or description of persons from all or any of the provisions of this Act, subject to any conditions as may be stated in the order.
The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, exclude any activity or class or description of activities from all or any of the provisions of this Act relating to estate agency work.
estate agency work
“estate agency work”, subject to subsection (3), means any work done in the course of business for a client or any work done for or in expectation of any fee (whether or not in the course of business) for a client, being work done —(a)in relation to the introduction to the client of a third person who wishes to acquire or dispose of a property, or to the negotiation for the acquisition or disposition of a property by the client; or(b)after the introduction to the client of a third person who wishes to acquire or dispose of a property or the negotiation for the acquisition or disposition of a property by the client, in relation to the acquisition or disposition (as the case may be) of the property by the client;
The Council may exempt any person from any prescribed requirements for a licence or registration, subject to any conditions as it may consider appropriate.
Council
“Council” means the Council for Estate Agencies established under section 6;