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175Office of Fair Trading

(1)

An enforcement authority may notify the Office of Fair Trading of any breach of duty under this Part appearing to the authority to have been committed by a person acting as estate agent.

(2)

An enforcement authority shall notify the Office of Fair Trading of—

(a)

any penalty charge notice given by an officer of the authority under section 168;

(b)

any notice given by the authority confirming or withdrawing a penalty charge notice; and

(c)

the result of any appeal from the confirmation of a penalty charge notice.

(3)

The Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38) applies in relation to a person who has committed a breach of duty under this Part in the course of estate agency work (within the meaning of that Act) as it applies in relation to a person who has engaged in a practice such as is mentioned in section 3(1)(d) of that Act in the course of such work.