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LAND AGENTS ACT 1994 - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

"agent"—see section 4;

"authorised officer" means an authorised officer under the Fair Trading Act 1987 ;

"business" includes a share of, or interest in, a business or the goodwill of a business, but does not include a share in the capital of a corporation;

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Consumer Affairs;

"Court" means the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of the District Court of South Australia;

"dealing with land" includes granting or taking a lease or tenancy agreement over land;

"director" of a body corporate includes—

            (a)         a person occupying or acting in the position of director or member of the governing body of the body corporate, by whatever name called and whether or not validly appointed to occupy or duly authorised to act in the position; and

            (b)         any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors or members of the governing body of the body corporate are accustomed to act;

"indemnity fund" means the fund maintained under Part 3;

"land" includes—

            (a)         an interest in land; and

            (b)         an exclusive right (whether deriving from the ownership of a share or interest in a body corporate or partnership or arising in some other way) to the separate occupation of land or a building or part of a building;

"legal practitioner" has the same meaning as in the Legal Practitioners Act 1981 ;

"money" includes an instrument for the payment of money that may be negotiated by an ADI;

"mortgage" means a legal or equitable mortgage over land;

"mortgage financing" means negotiating or arranging loans secured by mortgage including receiving or dealing with payments under such transactions;

"registered agent" includes a person registered as an agent and additionally registered as an auctioneer;

"registered sales representative" includes a person registered as a sales representative and additionally registered as an auctioneer;

"sales representative" means a person who, for or on behalf of an agent—

            (a)         acquires or disposes of land or a business (including by conducting an auction); or

            (b)         induces or attempts to induce, or makes representations or negotiates with a view to inducing, a person—

                  (i)         to acquire or dispose of land or a business; or

                  (ii)         to make an offer to acquire or dispose of land or a business; or

                  (iii)         to accept an offer to acquire or dispose of land or a business; or

                  (iv)         to enter into a contract for the acquisition or disposal of land or a business; or

            (c)         performs a function of a kind prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this paragraph,

whether or not the agent is the owner of the land or business, but does not include a person only because—

            (d)         the person does anything referred to in any of the preceding paragraphs in relation to a lease of land that is not to be used for the purposes of a business; or

            (e)         the person performs a function of a kind prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this paragraph;

"sell" includes auction and exchange, and "purchase" has a corresponding meaning.



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