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| Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill [Lords], As Amended
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| | Amendment of definition of ‘estate agency work’ |
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| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown |
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| | Negatived on division NC1 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 1 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After subsection (1) insert— |
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| | “(1A) | The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument |
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| | make provision for amending the definition of ‘estate agency work’, as |
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| | (1B) | Regulations made under this section may not be made unless a draft of |
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| | the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, |
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| | each House of Parliament.”’. |
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| | Negatived on division NC2 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 22 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38) (standards of competence) is |
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| | (2) | For subsections (1) and (2) substitute— |
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| | “(1) | The Secretary of State will by regulations made by statutory instrument |
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| | designate any body of persons as an approved body to which people |
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| | engaged in estate agency work, including both the sale and lettings of |
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| | residential property, must belong. |
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| | (2) | The approved bodies must make membership conditional on signing up |
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| | to rules and codes of conduct, which will— |
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| | (a) | set minimum standards of training and qualifications required, |
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| | (b) | ensure that firms have adequate professional indemnity |
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| | insurance and, as appropriate, clients money protection |
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| | (3) | No order shall be made under subsection (1) unless a draft of it has been |
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| | laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. |
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| | (4) | Before making an order under subsection (1) the Secretary of State must |
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| | (a) | organisations representing the interests of consumers, |
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| | (b) | other persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be |
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| | representative of persons who have an interest in the matter.”’. |
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| Page 3, line 7 [Clause 3], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(d) | goods and services include those provided by means of the internet;’. |
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| Page 11, line 11 [Clause 19], at end insert ‘, including access by online consumers |
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| to online complaints mechanisms’. |
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| Page 12, line 38 [Clause 22], at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | If the Secretary of State gives such consent, the Secretary of State must publish a |
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| | notice stating that consent has been given and specifying the reasons for giving |
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| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown |
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| Page 16, line 43 [Clause 29], leave out subsection (4). |
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| Page 17, line 29 [Clause 30], leave out subsection (2) and insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | The Secretary of State may make an order by statutory instrument to abolish the |
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| | Consumer Council for Postal Services, provided that— |
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| | (a) | no such order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before, and |
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| | approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament, and |
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| | (b) | no such order shall be made before 2010.’. |
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| Page 21, line 35 [Clause 37], after ‘description’, insert ‘, including online |
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| Page 26, line 33 [Clause 43], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(10) | When making regulations under this section the regulator must have regard to— |
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| | (a) | the needs of both domestic and non-domestic consumers; and |
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| | (i) | in the opinion of the regulator constitute generally accepted |
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| | principles of best practice in relation to handling of consumer |
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| | (ii) | it is reasonable to regard as applicable to these regulations.’. |
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| Page 27, line 10 [Clause 44], at end insert— |
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