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(1)Section 3(1) of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38) (grounds for making prohibition orders) is amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph (a), for “has been convicted of” substitute “ has committed ”.
(3)After paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba)has failed to comply with an undertaking accepted from him under section 217, 218 or 219 of the Enterprise Act 2002 and given in relation to estate agency work; or
(bb)has failed to comply with an enforcement order under section 217 of the Enterprise Act 2002 which was made against him in relation to estate agency work; or”.
(4)Section 5(4) of that Act (which provides for section 3 orders based on a person's conviction to cease to have effect when the conviction is spent) is omitted.
(5)For paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act substitute—
“1A person is not to be treated for the purposes of section 3(1)(a) of this Act as having committed an offence if he has been convicted of that offence and that conviction is to be treated as spent for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 or any corresponding enactment for the time being in force in Northern Ireland.”
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I1S. 55 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/905, art. 3(2), Sch. 2
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