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Register of licensees.
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29.— (1) The Authority shall, as soon as is practicable after the commencement of this section, establish and maintain for the purposes of this Act a register of licensees to be known as the Property Services Register.
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(2) The Register shall be in such form as the Authority thinks fit and shall—
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(a) contain the names of licensees and such other identifying particulars of licensees as the Authority considers appropriate, and
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(b) contain such other entries in respect of licensees (including licensees whose licences are suspended) as the Authority considers appropriate.
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(3) The Authority shall make the Register available for inspection free of charge by members of the public—
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(a) at its principal office during normal working hours, and
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(b) on its Internet website in such a manner that the section of that website which contains the Register is readily accessible by members of the public.
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(4) A copy of an entry in the Register shall, on request, be issued by the Authority on payment of the appropriate fee.
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(5) The Authority may divide the Register into different divisions for different classes of property services.
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(6) In any legal proceedings, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive, or a member of the staff of the Authority authorised by the Chief Executive to give a certificate under this subsection, stating that a person—
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(a) is registered in the Register or in a specified division of the Register,
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(b) is not registered in the Register or in a specified division of the Register,
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(c) was at a specified date or during a specified period registered in the Register or in a specified division of the Register,
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(d) was not, at a specified date or during a specified period, registered in the Register or in a specified division of the Register or was suspended from the Register at that time in consequence of a suspension of the person’s licence, or
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(e) has never been registered in the Register,
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shall, without proof of the signature of the person purporting to sign the certificate or that the person was the Chief Executive or a member of the staff of the Authority so authorised, as the case may be, be evidence, unless the contrary is proved, of the matters stated in the certificate.
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(7) The Authority shall ensure that the Register is accurate and, for that purpose, the Authority shall make any alteration requiring to be made in the information contained in an entry.
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(8) The Authority shall, as soon as is practicable after doing anything under subsection (7), give notice in writing of that fact to the licensee to whom the alteration relates.
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(9) A licensee to whom an entry in the Register relates shall give notice in writing to the Authority of—
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(a) any error that the person knows of in the entry, and
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(b) any change in circumstances that is likely to have a bearing on the accuracy of the entry,
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as soon as may be after the person becomes aware of that error or change in circumstances, as the case may be.
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