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Real Estate Agents Act 2008

Real Estate Agents Authority - Powers of intervention

31: District Court Judge may order Authority to return documents

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"A judge can order the return of an agent's documents taken by the Authority."

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If you are an agent and the Authority takes your documents under section 26, they must tell you what they took and when. You can then ask a District Court Judge to order the Authority to return your documents within 14 days of getting the notice. The District Court Judge can decide what to do with your documents.

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Part 2Real Estate Agents Authority
Powers of intervention

31District Court Judge may order Authority to return documents

  1. Upon taking possession of any document under section 26, the Authority must, without delay, serve on the agent concerned a notice giving particulars of the document and the date on which it was taken into the Authority’s possession.

  2. Within 14 days after the notice has been served, the agent, or any of his or her partners, may apply to a District Court Judge for an order directing the Authority to return any document specified in the order to the person from whom it was received, or for any other order that the District Court Judge thinks fit.

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