PART 5Reduction of legislative burdens
Miscellaneous
I170Estate agency work
In section 1 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (estate agency work), for subsection (4) substitute—
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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.