REPUBLIC OF FIJI

Real Estate Agents (Revised Budget Amendment) Act 2022

ACT NO. 17 OF 2022

I assent.
W. KATONIVERE
	President
[25 March 2022]
AN ACT
TO AMEND THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS ACT 2006
ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji—
Short title and commencement
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Real Estate Agents (Revised Budget Amendment) Act 2022.
(2) This Act comes into force on a date or dates appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.
(3) In this Act, the Real Estate Agents Act 2006 is referred to as the "Principal Act".
Section 8 amended
2. Section 8(1)(d) of the Principal Act is amended after "discipline" by inserting "and complaints".
Section 65A inserted
3. The Principal Act is amended before section 66 by inserting the following new section—
	"Complaints
	65A.—(1) Any person may make a complaint to the Board regarding any matter under this Act including matters relating to the conduct of real estate business by a real estate agent.
	(2) A complaint under subsection (1) must be made in writing and specify the grounds on which the complaint is made.
	(3) The Board, upon assessment of the complaint, may conduct an investigation and must make a determination on the matter, including imposing conditions on a licence issued under this Act as the Board deems necessary.".
Section 66 amended
4. Section 66 of the Principal Act is amended by—
	(a)	in paragraph (e) after ";", deleting "or";
	(b)	in paragraph (f), deleting "." and substituting "; or"; and
	(c)	after paragraph (f), inserting the following new paragraph—
	"(g)	that in the case of an investigation of a complaint made under section 65A, the Board has determined that a licence issued under this Act be cancelled.".

Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 25th day of March 2022.