Where a contract of sale of land substantially conforms to the prescribed standard form and identifies the vendor's estate agent in the particulars of sale, the vendor's estate agent is constituted as the vendor's agent for the purpose of receiving a cooling-off notice under s 31(3) of the Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic). The word 'agent' in s 31(3) bears its ordinary legal meaning and does not by force of the statute include an estate agent, but the contract may go further than the statute requires. The outcome depends on the terms of the particular contract used.
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