In section 1 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (estate agency work), for subsection (4) substitute—
“(4)This Act does not apply to the following things when done by a person who does no other things which fall within subsection (1) above—
(a)publishing advertisements or disseminating information;
(b)providing a means by which—
(i)a person who wishes to acquire or dispose of an interest in land can, in response to such an advertisement or dissemination of information, make direct contact with a person who wishes to dispose of or, as the case may be, acquire an interest in land;
(ii)the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) can continue to communicate directly with each other.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 70 in force at 1.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/2227, art. 2(g)