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PART 3
Licences to Provide Property Services
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Prohibition of unlicensed property service.
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28.— (1) A person shall not—
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(a) provide a property service,
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(b) hold himself or herself out as available to provide a property service, or
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(c) represent himself or herself by—
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(i) advertisement, or
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(ii) displaying any card or other object purporting to indicate that he or she is a licensee,
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as available to provide a property service,
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unless the person is the holder of a licence which is in force in respect of that property service.
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(2) A person, other than a licensee, who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable—
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(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.
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