Real Estate Agents Act 2008

Complaints and discipline - Unsatisfactory conduct and misconduct

73: Misconduct

You could also call this:

"Doing something very wrong as a real estate agent"

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You can be guilty of misconduct if your conduct is disgraceful. This means your behaviour would be seen as bad by other agents or the public. You can also be guilty of misconduct if your work is seriously incompetent or negligent. You can be guilty of misconduct if you break the rules on purpose or by being reckless. This includes breaking the rules of the Real Estate Agents Act or other laws that apply to your work. You can also be guilty of misconduct if you break the regulations or rules made under the Act. You can be guilty of misconduct if you commit a crime that shows you are not fit to be a licensee. This means you have been convicted of an offence that reflects badly on you and your ability to do your job. This is all part of the Real Estate Agents Act.

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Part 4Complaints and discipline
Unsatisfactory conduct and misconduct

73Misconduct

  1. For the purposes of this Act, a licensee is guilty of misconduct if the licensee’s conduct—

  2. would reasonably be regarded by agents of good standing, or reasonable members of the public, as disgraceful; or
    1. constitutes seriously incompetent or seriously negligent real estate agency work; or
      1. consists of a wilful or reckless contravention of—
        1. this Act; or
          1. other Acts that apply to the conduct of licensees; or
            1. regulations or rules made under this Act; or
            2. constitutes an offence for which the licensee has been convicted, being an offence that reflects adversely on the licensee’s fitness to be a licensee.