Moved by
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
28ZH: After Clause 62, insert the following new Clause—
“Letting agents etc.
(1) In section 1 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (estate agency work), for “to which this Act applies” substitute “and in subsection (1A) below to which this Act applies.
(1A) This Act also applies, subject to subsections (2) to (4) below, to—
(a) things done by any person in the course of a business (including a business in which he is employed) pursuant to instructions received from another person (in this section referred to as “the client”) who wishes to let or have the letting of an interest in land managed (for example, the collection of rents on his behalf)—
(i) for the purpose of, or with a view to, effecting the introduction to the client of a third person who wishes to let an interest in land; or
(ii) after such introduction has been effected in the course of that business, for the purpose of securing the letting of the interest in land; or
(iii) for the purpose of, or with a view to, managing the letting of the interest in land on behalf of the client; or
(iv) for the purpose of, or with a view to, block management of interests in land; and
(b) management activities undertaken by any person in the course of a business (including a business in which he is employed) in connection with land or interests in land.””