Article 5(1)
1. In Schedule 4 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967(1) (relevant tribunals for the purposes of section 5(7)) omit the entry relating to persons hearing estate agents’ appeals appointed under regulation 19 of the Estate Agents (Appeals) Regulations 1981.
2. The Estate Agents Act 1979(2) is amended as follows.
3. In section 7 (appeals)—
(a)in subsection (1) for “Secretary of State” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”;
(b)in subsection (2)—
(i)for “Secretary of State” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”;
(ii)for “he” substitute “it”; and
(iii)omit the words from “, including” to the end; and
(c)omit subsections (3) to (6).
1967 c.13. Schedule 4 was inserted by section 1(3) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1994 (c.14) and substituted by article 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Parliamentary Commissioners Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3470).
1979 c.38. Section 7(6) is amended from a date to be appointed by section 40(4) of, and paragraph 31 of Part 1 of Schedule 9 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).