SCHEDULE 2Amendment of disqualification provision made by Act of Parliament
Estate Agents Act 1979I110
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Section 23 of the Estate Agents Act 197914 (bankrupts) is amended as follows.
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After subsection (1), insert—
1A
An individual in respect of whom a debt relief order (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986) is made shall not engage in estate agency work of any description except as an employee of another person
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After subsection (2), insert—
2A
The prohibition imposed on an individual by subsection (1A) shall cease to have effect if and when—
a
the debt relief order is revoked for reasons falling within section 251(L)(2)(a) or (c) of the Insolvency Act 1986;
b
the individual is discharged from all the qualifying debts specified under the debt relief order at the end of the moratorium period applicable to the order; or
c
the debt relief order is revoked and a period of one year has elapsed beginning with the effective date for the order.
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In subsection (3), for “The reference in subsection (1) above” substitute “The references in this section”.
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In subsection (4), for “of subsection (1) above” substitute “of this section”.