Valid from 01/08/2007
(1)The seller becomes responsible for marketing the property when action taken by him or on his behalf—
(a)puts the property on the market; or
(b)makes public the fact that the property is on the market.
(2)That responsibility ceases when the following conditions are satisfied, namely—
(a)there is at least one person acting as his estate agent who is responsible for marketing the property;
(b)the seller has ceased to take any action which makes public the fact that the property is on the market; and
(c)any such action being taken on the seller’s behalf has ceased.
(3)In this section the references to action taken on behalf of the seller exclude action taken by or on behalf of a person acting as his estate agent.
(4)Any responsibility arising under this section also ceases when the property is taken off the market or sold.
Commencement Information
I1S. 153 wholly in force at 6.4.2008; s. 153 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 270(6); s. 153 in force for certain purposes at 1.8.2007 by S. I. 2007/1668, arts. 2-4; s. 153 in force for certain purposes at 10.9.2007 by S.I. 2007/2471, arts. 2-4; s. 153 in force for certain purposes at 14.12.2007 by S.I. 2007/3308, arts. 2-4; s. 153 in force in so far as not already in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/898, art. 2(1)