Housing (Scotland) Act 2006

108Responsibility of seller

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(1)A seller becomes responsible for marketing the house when action taken by or on behalf of the seller results in the house being on the market.

(2)That responsibility ceases when—

(a)the house is sold or taken off the market, or

(b)the conditions in subsection (3) are satisfied.

(3)Those conditions are that—

(a)the seller has ceased to take any action which makes public the fact that the house is on the market, and

(b)any such action being taken on behalf of the seller has ceased.

(4)In this section references to action taken on behalf of the seller exclude action taken by or on behalf of a person acting as the seller’s agent.