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Responsibility for marketing residential properties

Responsibility of the seller
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1
The seller becomes responsible for marketing the property when action taken by him or on his behalf—
a
puts the property on the market; or
b
makes public the fact that the property is on the market.
2
That responsibility ceases when the following conditions are satisfied, namely—
a
there is at least one person acting as his estate agent who is responsible for marketing the property;
b
the seller has ceased to take any action which makes public the fact that the property is on the market; and
c
any such action being taken on the seller’s behalf has ceased.
3
In this section the references to action taken on behalf of the seller exclude action taken by or on behalf of a person acting as his estate agent.
4
Any responsibility arising under this section also ceases when the property is taken off the market or sold.