Estate Agents (Fees) Regulations 2010

These Regulations may be cited as the Estate Agents (Fees) Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 1st November 2010.

In these Regulations —“CPE activity” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Estate Agents (Estate Agency Work) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 644/2010);[Deleted by S 707/2015 wef 19/11/2015]“limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);“representative” means any natural person who undertakes or may undertake estate agency work.

“CPE activity” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Estate Agents (Estate Agency Work) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 644/2010);

“limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);

“representative” means any natural person who undertakes or may undertake estate agency work.

There shall be paid to the Council, in respect of the matters specified in the first column of the Schedule, the fees specified opposite thereto in the second column thereof.

The annual licence and registration fees in the Schedule are payable —

as a condition precedent to the grant or renewal of an estate agent’s licence or registration of a salesperson; and

starting from the calendar year after the grant or renewal of the estate agent’s licence or registration of the salesperson, for each calendar year during the period of the estate agent’s licence or registration of the salesperson.

[Deleted by S 732/2026 wef 01/10/2026]

Any fee in respect of the registration of a salesperson shall be paid to the Council by the estate agent that the salesperson is to represent.

The fee in item 10 of the Schedule is not payable in respect of the registration of an individual as a salesperson for a calendar year or part of a calendar year if —

at the time of the application for registration (called in this paragraph the relevant application), the individual is already registered as a salesperson for that calendar year or part of the calendar year (called in this paragraph the existing registration), but the individual intends to cease to work for or to be engaged by the estate agent through which the salesperson was registered;

the relevant application is made through and supported by an estate agent other than the estate agent through which the salesperson’s existing registration was registered; and

the fee in item 10 of the Schedule for the existing registration had been paid.

There shall be paid to the Council, in respect of the matters specified in the first column of the Schedule, the fees specified opposite thereto in the second column thereof.

The annual licence and registration fees in the Schedule are payable —

as a condition precedent to the grant or renewal of an estate agent’s licence or registration of a salesperson; and

starting from the calendar year after the grant or renewal of the estate agent’s licence or registration of the salesperson, for each calendar year during the period of the estate agent’s licence or registration of the salesperson.

[Deleted by S 732/2026 wef 01/10/2026]

Any fee in respect of the registration of a salesperson shall be paid to the Council by the estate agent that the salesperson is to represent.

The fee in item 10 of the Schedule is not payable in respect of the registration of an individual as a salesperson for a calendar year or part of a calendar year if —

at the time of the application for registration (called in this paragraph the relevant application), the individual is already registered as a salesperson for that calendar year or part of the calendar year (called in this paragraph the existing registration), but the individual intends to cease to work for or to be engaged by the estate agent through which the salesperson was registered;

the relevant application is made through and supported by an estate agent other than the estate agent through which the salesperson’s existing registration was registered; and

the fee in item 10 of the Schedule for the existing registration had been paid.

[Deleted by S 707/2015 wef 19/11/2015]

Where a person fails to pay any fee or part thereof specified in the Schedule by the day on which such sum is due as determined by the Council, the Council may impose a penalty amounting to 10% of the outstanding amount.

Subject to paragraph (2), no fee paid or payable to the Council under these Regulations shall be refunded or remitted in the event of the termination, suspension or revocation of the licence or registration to which it relates, or in the event of the suspension or revocation of the accreditation of a CPE activity to which it relates.

The Council may, in its discretion, refund or remit, in whole or in part, any fee or penalty paid or payable under these Regulations.

Subject to paragraph (2), no fee paid or payable to the Council under these Regulations shall be refunded or remitted in the event of the termination, suspension or revocation of the licence or registration to which it relates, or in the event of the suspension or revocation of the accreditation of a CPE activity to which it relates.

The Council may, in its discretion, refund or remit, in whole or in part, any fee or penalty paid or payable under these Regulations.