Real Estate Agents Act 2008

Duties relating to real estate agency work - Disclosure of information as to transaction and conflicts of interest

137: Meaning of licensee and person related to licensee in sections 134 to 136

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"Who is a real estate agent and who is connected to them?"

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In sections 134 to 136, a licensee includes company officers and shareholders. You are related to a licensee if you are their partner, employee, or family member. This also includes people who work for the licensee, like branch managers or salespeople, and people they care for, as well as certain business entities, as defined in the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.

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Part 5Duties relating to real estate agency work
Disclosure of information as to transaction and conflicts of interest

137Meaning of licensee and person related to licensee in sections 134 to 136

  1. In sections 134 to 136, licensee includes, in the case of an agent that is a company, every officer and shareholder of the company.

  2. For the purposes of sections 134 to 136, a person is related to a licensee if the person is—

  3. a partner of the licensee under a partnership agreement:
    1. an employee of the licensee:
      1. a branch manager or salesperson engaged by the licensee:
        1. the licensee’s spouse or civil union partner:
          1. the licensee’s de facto partner:
            1. a child, grandchild, brother, sister, nephew, or niece of the licensee or of any person referred to in paragraphs (d) or (e):
              1. any other child who is being, or is to be, cared for on a continuous basis by the licensee or any person referred to in paragraph (d) or (e):
                1. a grandparent, parent, uncle, or aunt of the licensee or of any person referred to in paragraph (d) or (e):
                  1. an entity that has an interest in the licensee or an entity in which the licensee has an interest (except where either interest is in quoted financial products within the meaning given for those terms in section 6(1) of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013).
                    Notes
                    • Section 137(2)(h): replaced, on , by section 7 of the Real Estate Agents Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 112).
                    • Section 137(2)(i): replaced, on , by section 150 of the Financial Markets (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2013 (2013 No 70).