Property Practitioners Act, 2019 (Act No. 22 of 2019)Chapter 1 : Definitions, Application, Objects and Establishment of Authority6. Functions of Authority |
The functions of the Authority are to—
| (a) | regulate the conduct of property practitioners in dealing with the consumers; |
| (b) | regulate the conduct of property practitioners in so far as marketing, managing, financing, letting, renting, hiring, sale and purchase of property are concerned; |
| (c) | regulate and ensure that there is compliance with the provisions of the Act; |
| (d) | ensure that the consumers are protected from undesirable and sanctionable practices as set out in section 62 and section 63; |
| (e) | regulate any other conduct which falls within the ambit of the Act in as far as property practitioners and consumers in this market are concerned; |
| (f) | provide for the education, training and development of property practitioners and candidate property practitioners; |
| (g) | educate and inform consumers about their rights as set out in section 69; and |
| (h) | implement measures to ensure that the property sector is transformed as set out in Chapter 4. |