Property Practitioners Act, 2019 (Act No. 22 of 2019)

Chapter 8 : Property Practitioners

57. Mandatory indemnity insurance

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(1) The Minister may, for the purposes of providing redress in respect of the contravention of a code of conduct contemplated in section 61 or sanctionable conduct contemplated in section 62, prescribe indemnity insurance which a property practitioner must take out and maintain.

 

(2) The Minister may, when acting under subsection (1), on reasonable grounds differentiate between—
(a) categories of property practitioners to whom a regulation applies;
(b) the minimum insured amounts in respect of which such insurance must be taken out and maintained;
(c) the extent to which conduct in contravention of a code of conduct and sanctionable conduct qualifies for redress under such insurance; and
(d) the maximum amounts payable in terms of such insurance.