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2003 No
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2009 No
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2007 No
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2011 No
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2011 No
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2012 No
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2013 No
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2018 No 52018 No 652019 No 23
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2020 No 30
2021 No 62021 No
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2022 No 59
2023 No 7
2024 No
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Property and Stock Agents Act 2002 No
66
previously Property, Stock and Business Agents
Act 2002
Second reading speech made: Legislative Assembly, 9.5.2002; Legislative
Council, 19.6.2002.
date of commencement, 1.9.2003, sec 2 and GG No 116 of 25.7.2003, p
7445
amended by Sch 2.7 to this Act
Business Names Act 2002 No 97
date of commencement of Sch 1.11, 5.10.2004, sec 2 (4) and GG No 149 of
24.9.2004, p 7607
Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act
2002 No 103
date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.12.2005, sec 2 and GG No 45 of
15.4.2005, p 1356
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2002 No 112
date of commencement of Sch 1.21, assent, sec 2 (3)
Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003 No 3
date of commencement of Sch 2.8, 15.12.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 175 of
8.12.2006, p 10388
Valuers Act 2003 No 4
date of commencement of Sch 1.8, 31.3.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 37 of
29.3.2005, p 929
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003
No 40
date of commencement of Sch 1.39, assent, sec 2 (2)
date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2003 No 82
date of commencement of Sch 1.25, assent, sec 2 (2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004
No 55
date of commencement of Sch 1.19, assent, sec 2 (2)
Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment Act
2006 No 4
date of commencement, 1.3.2007, sec 2 and GG No 5 of 12.1.2007, p
83
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2006 No 120
date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007
No 27
date of commencement of Sch 1.44, assent, sec 2 (2)
Housing Amendment (Community Housing Providers) Act
2007 No 48
date of commencement, 1.5.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (142) LW
1.5.2009
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act
2007 No 94
date of commencement of Schs 2 and 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW
3.7.2009
Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Same Sex Relationships) Act
2008 No 23
date of commencement, 22.9.2008, sec 2 and GG No 118 of 19.9.2008, p
9283
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008
No 62
date of commencement of Schs 1.26 and 3, assent, sec 2 (2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2008 No 114
date of commencement of Sch 2.22, assent, sec 2 (2)
NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 No 49
date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW
1.7.2009
Government Information (Public Access) (Consequential
Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009 No 54
date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (248) LW
18.6.2010
Personal Property Securities (Commonwealth Powers) Amendment
Act 2009 No 103
date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 13.8.2010, sec 2 (2) and 2010 (422) LW
13.8.2010
Relationships Register Act 2010 No 19
date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2)
Residential Tenancies Act 2010 No 42
date of commencement, 31.1.2011, sec 2 and 2010 (658) LW
3.12.2010
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2010 No 119
date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.1.2011, sec 2 (2)
Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Directors’ Liability)
Act 2011 No 2
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011
No 27
date of commencement of Schs 2.40 and 4, 8.7.2011, sec 2
(2)
Business Names (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2011 No
44
date of commencement of Sch 3, 28.5.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (209) LW
25.5.2012
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2011 No 62
date of commencement of Schs 1 and 3, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1)
Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act
2012 No 59
date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2 (1) and 2013 (674) LW
6.12.2013
Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Directors’ Liability)
Act 2012 No 97
date of commencement, 11.1.2013, sec 2 and 2012 (629) LW
14.12.2012
Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment Act
2013 No 3
date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (327) LW
28.6.2013
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013
No 47
date of commencement of Sch 1.21, 5.7.2013, sec 2 (1)
Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment)
Act 2013 No 95
date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2 (1)
Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013 No
97
date of commencement of Sch 3.11 [1] and [2], 1.11.2015, sec 2 and 2015
(446) LW 7.8.2015
Sch 3.11 [3] was without effect as the provision being amended was
amended by the Civil and Administrative Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013 No 95
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2013 No 111
date of commencement of Sch 3.21, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014
No 33
date of commencement of Sch 1.11, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1)
Fair Trading Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act
2015 No 12
date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.10.2015, sec 2 (2) and 2015 (442) LW
31.7.2015
Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment (Underquoting
Prohibition) Act 2015 No 31
date of commencement, 1.1.2016, sec 2 and 2015 (796) LW
18.12.2015
Regulatory Reform and Other Legislative Repeals Act
2015 No 48
date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.3.2016, sec 2 (2) and 2015 (798) LW
18.12.2015
Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 No
50
date of commencement of Sch 4, 30.11.2016, sec 2 and 2016 (492) LW
12.8.2016
Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 No
51
date of commencement, 30.11.2016, sec 2 and 2016 (658) LW
4.11.2016
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016
No 27
date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.7.2016, sec 2 (1)
Regulatory and Other Legislation (Amendments and Repeals)
Act 2016 No 60
date of commencement of Sch 1, 16.12.2016, sec 2 (2) and 2016 (744) LW
9.12.2016
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017
No 22
date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3)
Electronic Transactions Legislation Amendment (Government
Transactions) Act 2017 No 25
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment (Property
Industry Reform) Act 2018 No 5
date of commencement of Sch 1, 23.3.2020, sec 2 and 2019 (625) LW
16.12.2019
Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Consumer Guarantee
Directions) Act 2018 No 43
date of commencement of Sch 2, 11.10.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (578) LW
11.10.2018
Fair Trading Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act
2018 No 65
date of commencement of Sch 2.12, 23.3.2020, sec 2(2) and 2019 (624) LW
16.12.2019
date of commencement of Sch 3.4, 1.2.2020, sec 2(2) and 2019 (634) LW
20.12.2019
date of commencement of Sch 5.2 [1] and [3]–[6], 1.7.2019, sec 2
(2) and 2019 (270) LW 28.6.2019
date of commencement of Sch 5.2 [2], 28.2.2019, sec 2 (2) and 2019 (115)
LW 28.2.2019
date of commencement of Schs 6.4, 7.12 and 9.3, assent, sec 2
(1)
Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Act 2019
No 23
date of commencement of Sch 1.8[1] [2], 23.3.2020, sec 2(3) and 2019
(624) LW 16.12.2019
date of commencement of Sch 1.8[3] [4], 23.3.2020, sec 2(2) and 2019
(623) LW 16.12.2019
Better Regulation and Customer Service Legislation Amendment
(Bushfire Relief) Act 2020 No 3
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency
Measures—Miscellaneous) Act 2020 No 5
date of commencement of Sch 1.24, assent, sec 2(1)
Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Act 2020
No 25
date of commencement of Sch 7.3, assent, sec 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020
No 30
date of commencement of amendments made by Sch 1.34, 11.12.2020, sec
2(3)
Community Land Development Act 2021 No
6
date of commencement, 1.12.2021, sec 2 and 2021 (598) LW
14.10.2021
Community Land Management Act 2021 No 7
date of commencement, 1.12.2021, sec 2 and 2021 (599) LW
14.10.2021
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2022 No 59
date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023
No 7
date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2
Customer Service Legislation Amendment Act 2024
No 4
date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2(b)
1History
notes
Long title
Am 2018 No 5, Sch
1[1].
Sec 1
Am 2018 No 5, Sch
1[2].
Sec 3
Am 2008 No 23, Sch 3.38
[1]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.83 [1]; 2011 No 62, Sch 1.12 [1]; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.30
[1]; 2015 No 50, Sch 4.19 [1]; 2015 No 51, Sch 9.15; 2016 No 27, Sch 2.35 [2];
2016 No 60, Sch 1 [1]; 2018 No 5, Sch 1[3]–[7]; 2021 No 6, Sch 5.14;
2022 No 59, Sch 3.54[1] [2].
Secs 3A,
3B
Ins 2018 No 5, Sch
1[8].
Sec 5
Am 2007 No 48, Sch 2.1;
2008 No 62, Sch 3.6 [1]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.48 [1] [2]; 2012 No 59, Sch 2.2;
2016 No 27, Sch 2.35 [3]; 2018 No 5, Sch 1[9].
Sec 6
Rep 2018 No 5, Sch
1[10].
Sec 7
Rep 2002 No 66, Sch 2.7
[1].
Sec 8
Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.44
[1]; 2008 No 114, Sch 2.22; 2018 No 5, Sch
1[11]–[13].
Sec 10
Am 2016 No 60, Sch 1
[2]; 2018 No 5, Sch 1[14] [15].
Sec 10A
Ins 2018 No 5, Sch
1[16].
Sec 11
Am 2003 No 82, Sch
1.25 [1]; 2013 No 3, Sch 1 [1]; 2016 No 60, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2018 No 5, Sch
1[17]–[19].
Sec 11A
Ins 2016 No 60, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 13
Am 2009 No 103, Sch
2.3.
Sec 14
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[1] [2]; 2007 No 27, Sch 1.44 [2]; 2008 No 114, Sch 2.22; 2018 No 5, Sch
1[20].
Sec 15
Am 2010 No 119, Sch
3.10; 2018 No 5, Sch 1[21] [22].
Sec 16
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[3]–[6]; 2007 No 27, Sch 1.44 [3]–[6]; 2013 No 3, Sch 1 [2]; 2013
No 111, Sch 3.21; 2018 No 65, Schs 3.4, 5.2 [1]; 2018 No 5, Sch 1[23] [24];
2022 No 59, Sch 2.35 [1]–[3].
Sec 17
Subst 2002 No 66, Sch
2.7 [2] (am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.21 [2]). Am 2018 No 5, Sch 1[25]; 2018 No 65,
Sch 2.12[1] [2]; 2019 No 23, Sch 1.8[1] [2].
Sec 17A
Ins 2002 No 66, Sch
2.7 [2].
Sec 18
Rep 2002 No 66, Sch
2.7 [3].
Sec 19
Subst 2002 No 66, Sch
2.7 [3] (am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.21 [3]).
Sec 20
Am 2018 No 5, Sch
1[26] [27]; 2019 No 23, Sch 1.8[3].
Sec 21
Am 2010 No 119, Sch
3.10.
Sec 23
Rep 2018 No 5, Sch
1[28].
Sec 24
Rep 2002 No 66, Sch
2.7 [3].
Sec 25
Am 2002 No 66, Sch 2.7
[4]. Subst 2018 No 65, Sch 2.12[3].
Sec 25A
Ins 2018 No 65, Sch
2.12[3].
Sec 26
Am 2002 No 66, Sch 2.7
[5] (am 2002 No 112, Sch 1.21 [4]); 2018 No 65, Sch
2.12[4].
Sec 26A
Ins 2018 No 65, Sch
2.12[4A].
Sec
26AA
Ins 2024 No 4, Sch
3.
Sec 26B
Ins 2018 No 65, Sch
2.12[4A].
Sec 27
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
2.120 [1].
Sec 30
Am 2002 No 97, Sch
1.11; 2011 No 44, Sch 3.17 [1] [2].
Sec 31
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[7]. Subst 2018 No 5, Sch 1[30].
Sec 32
Am 2016 No 60, Sch 1
[6] [7].
Sec 33
Am 2018 No 5, Sch
1[31].
Sec 36
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
4.30 [2]; 2014 No 33, Sch 1.11 [1]; 2015 No 12, Sch 2.4
[1]–[3].
Sec 37
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[8] [9].
Part 3, Div 3,
heading
Am 2016 No 60, Sch 1
[8].
Sec 40A
Ins 2016 No 60, Sch 1
[9].
Sec 42
Am 2018 No 65, Sch 5.2
[2]; 2018 No 5, Sch 1[32].
Sec 43
Am 2004 No 55, Sch
1.19 [1]; 2006 No 4, Sch 1 [10]; 2016 No 60, Sch 1 [10]
[11].
Secs 44,
45
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[10]. Subst 2016 No 60, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 47
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[11]–[13]; 2008 No 62, Sch 3.6 [2]; 2018 No 5, Sch
1[33].
Sec 49
Am 2008 No 23, Sch
3.38 [2]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.83 [2]; 2018 No 5, Sch 1[34].
Sec 50
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[14].
Sec 51
Am 2015 No 31, Sch 1
[1]. Rep 2018 No 65, Sch 9.3 [1].
Sec 52
Am 2018 No 5, Sch
1[35].
Part 3, Div
6
Ins 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[15].
Sec 53A
Ins 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[15]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.30 [3].
Secs
53B
Ins 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[15].
Sec 53C
Ins 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[15]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.30 [4].
Secs 53D,
53E
Ins 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[15].
Part 3, Div 7 (sec
53F)
Ins 2018 No 5, Sch
1[36].
Sec 55
Am 2003 No 82, Sch
1.25 [2] [3]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.19 [2]; 2013 No 3, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2018 No 65,
Sch 7.12 [1].
Sec 55A
Ins 2013 No 3, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 60
Am 2008 No 62, Sch 3.6
[3]; 2014 No 33, Sch 1.11 [2]; 2018 No 65, Sch 7.12
[2]–[4].
Sec 64
Am 2003 No 3, Sch 2.8
[1]; 2008 No 62, Sch 3.6 [4]–[6].
Sec 66
Subst 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[16].
Sec 66A
Ins 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[16].
Sec 68
Am 2003 No 40, Sch
1.39 [1]; 2006 No 4, Sch 1 [17].
Sec 69
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[18].
Sec 71
Am 2003 No 40, Sch
1.39 [2].
Part 5, Div 3,
heading
Subst 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[19].
Sec 72
Subst 2015 No 31, Sch
1 [2]. Am 2016 No 60, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 72A
Ins 2015 No 31, Sch 1
[2].
Sec 73
Subst 2015 No 31, Sch
1 [2].
Sec 73A
Ins 2015 No 31, Sch 1
[2]. Am 2016 No 60, Sch 1 [14]–[16].
Sec 73B
Ins 2015 No 31, Sch 1
[2]. Am 2016 No 60, Sch 1 [17]–[19].
Secs 75,
76
Rep 2015 No 31, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 76A
Ins 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[20]. Am 2016 No 60, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 78
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[21].
Sec 86
Am 2002 No 112, Sch
1.21 [1]; 2006 No 4, Sch 1 [22]; 2013 No 3, Sch 1 [6]–[8]; 2019 No 23,
Sch 1.8[4].
Sec 90
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[23].
Sec 91
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[24]–[27].
Sec 93
Am 2011 No 62, Sch
1.12 [2].
Part 7, Div
4
Rep 2013 No 3, Sch 1
[9].
Secs 96,
97
Rep 2013 No 3, Sch 1
[9].
Sec 98
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[28] [29]. Rep 2013 No 3, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 99
Subst 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[30]. Rep 2013 No 3, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 103
Am 2018 No 5, Sch
1[37].
Sec 109
Am 2015 No 50, Sch
4.19 [2]; 2018 No 5, Sch 1[38] [39].
Sec 111
Am 2013 No 3, Sch 1
[10]–[12]; 2018 No 65, Sch 5.2 [3] [4].
Sec
112A
Ins 2013 No 3, Sch 1
[13].
Sec 113
Rep 2013 No 3, Sch 1
[14].
Sec 115
Am 2013 No 3, Sch 1
[15]; 2016 No 60, Sch 1 [21] [22].
Sec 116
Am 2013 No 3, Sch 1
[16] [17]; 2016 No 27, Sch 2.35 [3]; 2017 No 25, Sch 4.3; 2018 No 65, Sch 5.2
[5] [6]; 2023 No 7, Sch 1.18[1].
Sec
116A
Ins 2023 No 7, Sch
1.18[2].
Sec 118
Am 2016 No 60, Sch 1
[23].
Sec 124
Am 2008 No 23, Sch
3.38 [3].
Sec 128
Am 2008 No 62, Sch
1.26 [1] [2].
Sec 153
Am 2008 No 62, Sch 3.6
[7].
Sec 167
Am 2003 No 3, Sch 2.8
[2].
Sec 171
Am 2013 No 97, Sch
3.11 [1].
Sec 174
Am 2006 No 120, Sch
2.74; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 184
Am 2013 No 3, Sch 1
[18].
Sec 189
Am 2003 No 3, Sch 2.8
[3]; 2003 No 4, Sch 1.8; 2015 No 48, Sch 1.20; 2018 No 65, Sch 6.4
[1]–[4].
Sec 190
Am 2010 No 42, Sch
3.10; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.30 [5]–[8]; 2013 No 97, Sch 3.11 [2]; 2015 No
50, Sch 4.19 [3]; 2021 No 7, Sch 4.12.
Sec 191
Am 2018 No 65, Sch 9.3
[2] [3].
Sec 196
Am 2011 No 27, Sch
2.40; 2018 No 5, Sch 1[41] [42]; 2022 No 59, Sch 1.31.
Sec
200
Am 2013 No 95, Sch
2.120 [2].
Sec
203
Am 2016 No 27, Sch
2.35 [3].
Sec
204
Am 2016 No 27, Sch
2.35 [5] [6].
Sec
205
Am 2018 No 43, Sch
2.4.
Sec
209
Am 2002 No 103, Sch
4.72 [1]–[4].
Sec
211
Am 2020 No 30, Sch
1.34.
Sec
213
Am 2012 No 97, Sch
1.33 [1].
Sec
215
Am 2007 No 94, Schs
2, 4.
Sec
216
Subst 2017 No 22, Sch
3.60.
Sec
217
Am 2020 No 25, Sch
7.3.
Sec
218
Am 2011 No 2, Sch
1.25. Subst 2012 No 97, Sch 1.33 [2].
Sec
219
Am 2009 No 54, Sch
2.36; 2011 No 62, Sch 3.25.
Sec
221
Am 2008 No 114, Sch
2.22.
Sec
222
Am 2016 No 27, Sch
2.35 [7].
Sec
225
Am 2017 No 25, Sch
1.27 [1]–[5].
Sec
228
Rep 2011 No 27, Sch
4.
Sec
230
Am 2018 No 65, Sch
2.12[5]; 2020 No 3, Sch 1.25[1].
Sec
232
Ins 2020 No 5, Sch
1.24[1].
Sch 1,
heading
Am 2018 No 5, Sch
1[43].
Sch 1
Am 2006 No 4, Sch 1
[31] [32]; 2013 No 3, Sch 1 [19] [20]; 2013 No 47, Sch 1.21; 2015 No 31, Sch 1
[4] [5]; 2018 No 5, Sch 1[44]; 2018 No 65, Sch 2.12[6]; 2020 No 3, Sch
1.25[2]; 2020 No 5, Sch 1.24[2].
Sch 2
Am 2002 No 112, Sch
1.21 [2]–[5]; 2003 No 40, Sch 3. Rep 2011 No 27, Sch
4.
The whole Act (except
Sch 1)
Am 2016 No 27, Sch
2.35 [1] (“Director-General” and
“Director-General’s” omitted wherever occurring,
“Secretary” and “Secretary’s” inserted instead,
respectively).
2002 No 66