Singapore legislation

Regulation 16

of Estate Agents (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2010

Regulation 16

Prescribed educational qualification requirements for registration

Amended byS 111/2023 wef 01/03/2023S 111/2023 wef 01/03/2023S 111/2023 wef 01/03/2023S 111/2023 wef 01/03/2023S 645/2025 wef 01/10/2025S 111/2023 wef 01/03/2023

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 111/2023 wef 01/03/2023S 111/2023 wef 01/03/2023

Subject to the Act, paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) and regulation 17, an individual’s application for registration or renewal of registration as a salesperson must be refused unless —

(a)

he has a minimum of 4 GCE “O” level passes or obtained an equivalent or higher qualification as determined by the Council; and

(b)

he has, in the 2 years immediately before the application for registration, passed the Real Estate Salesperson examination.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 111/2023 wef 01/03/2023

Paragraph (1)(a) and (b) shall not apply to the holder of any of the degree and diploma qualifications specified in the first column of the First Schedule issued by the institutions specified in the second column thereto, if the holder enrolled for the degree or diploma qualification on or before 1 April 2020.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 111/2023 wef 01/03/2023

Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to the holder of any of the degree and diploma qualifications specified in items 1 and 7 of the first column of the First Schedule issued by the institution specified opposite in the second column of that Schedule, if the holder —

(a)

enrolled for the degree or diploma qualification on or after 1 April 2020; and

(b)

has, in the 2 years immediately before the application for registration as a salesperson, passed Paper 2 of the Real Estate Salesperson examination.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 645/2025 wef 01/10/2025S 111/2023 wef 01/03/2023

Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply —

(a)

to an individual who, at the time of application for registration as a salesperson, is any of the following persons (each called in this paragraph a relevant person):

(i)

a specified individual; (ii)a key executive officer of any licensed estate agent;

(iii)

a registered salesperson of any licensed estate agent; or

(b)

to an individual —

(i)

who, at the time of application for registration as a salesperson, is not a relevant person but had been a relevant person for any period in the 2 years immediately before the application for registration as a salesperson; and

(ii)

who had satisfied the CPE requirements under the Act —

(A)

for the year or years that the individual had been a relevant person; and

(B)

for the year or years during which the individual had ceased to be a relevant person, as if the individual had not ceased to be a relevant person.

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