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Agent's Representative - Real Estate Agent - Victoria

Description

If you intend to work as an agent's representative, your employer is required to verify that you are eligible to be an agent's representative and must notify the Business Licensing Authority (BLA) when you start work.

An agent's representative is employed by or acts for a licensed estate agent, and with written authority, can perform any of the legal functions of that estate agent. For example, an agent's representative can act as a salesperson or property manager, but cannot operate an estate agency business.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible to be an agent's representative you must:

  • be at least 18 years old
  • have completed the required courses or education requirements.

The education requirements depend on the experience you have in the real estate industry

Duration

Ongoing (unless you change your employment details, in which case you must again complete the eligibility criteria).

Fees

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No fees are required.

Act(s) name

Estate Agents Act 1980 Victoria

Regulation(s) name

Estate Agents (Education) Regulations 2020 Victoria

Estate Agents (Professional Conduct) Regulations 2018 Victoria

Lodgement process

Apply

Your employing estate agent must notify the Agency via myCAV.

Disqualified persons or entities

You will not be eligible to register as an estate agent if you:

  • have been found guilty of any offence involving fraud, dishonesty, drug trafficking or violence punishable by three months or more imprisonment (whether or not a jail term was imposed), within the last 10 years
  • are insolvent under administration
  • are the cause of a successful claim against the Victorian Property Fund or a corresponding fund
  • are represented person under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986
  • are subject to a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal declaration making you ineligible to act as an agent’s representative
  • are subject to an order by any regulatory body in or outside Victoria, disqualifying you from acting as an agent’s representative.

Administering agency

Business Licensing Authority

Contact details

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