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CurrentFalse or misleading advertising, &c., by property agents
Part 5Real Estate Agents and Property Managers
Division 3Offences in respect of property agents
56 False or misleading advertising, &c., by property agents
A property agent must not represent in any way to someone else anything that is false or misleading in relation to the letting or sale of property. Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence against subsection (1) for the person to prove that, at the time when the representation was made, he or she believed, on reasonable grounds – in the case of an offence of false representation, that the representation was true; or in the case of an offence of misleading representation, that the representation was not misleading.
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