Variation of licence requirements for former principal licensees and partners and directors of former house agents– CPD courses
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7.—(1) Regulation 6(1)(c)(iv) and (v) shall not, in any application for an estate agent’s licence made on or before 31st December 2010, apply to any person who — CPD courses
(a) is a former principal licensee; or
(b) is a partner or director of a former house agent performing estate agency work and who, on or before 31st December 2010, passes an industry examination listed in the first
column of the Second Schedule that is conducted by the body specified in the second column thereto or obtains an equivalent or higher qualification as determined by the
Council.
(2) For any application for an estate agent’s licence made on or before 31st December 2010, a partner or director of a former house agent performing estate agency work who does not satisfy the requirement in paragraph (1)(b) —
(a) shall be exempted from regulation 6(1)(c)(iv) and (v) until 31st December 2011; and
(b) shall be exempted from regulation 6(1)(c)(iv) and (v) if he passes the Real Estate Agency examination or obtains an equivalent or higher qualification as determined by
the Council, on or before 31st December 2011. CPD courses.
(3) Any person who is exempted under paragraph (1) or (2)(b) shall continue to be exempted from —
(a) regulation 6(1)(c)(v) if he continuously remains on the register as a partner or director of any estate agent from 1st January 2011 with no break between any period of registration or licence —
(i) of more than one year; or
(ii) of more than 2 years if he accumulates at least 12 hours of continuing professional development credits during the period that he is not on the register; and
(b) regulation 6(1)(c)(iv), whether or not he remains on the register continuously. CPD courses.
Identical or similar names not allowed
8. The Council may refuse to grant a licence if, in its opinion, the business name of the applicant or the name of the corporation making the application is so similar to that of an existing holder of an estate agent’s licence as to be likely to cause confusion. CPD courses.
Source: Estate Agents (Licensing and Registration) Regulations 2010
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