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Section 3 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 confers power on theDirector General of Fair Trading to make orders prohibiting unfitpersons from doing estate agency work. This power may not, however, beexercised in relation to any person unless certain circumstances havearisen. One circumstance in which the power may be exercised is wherethe Director is satisfied that a person has been convicted of one ofcertain offences. These offences include any offence involving fraud orother dishonesty or violence, offences under certain sections of the1979 Act itself and any other offence that has been specified for thepurposes of section 3 by the Secretary of State.
Article 2 and the Schedule to this Order specify those otheroffences.
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