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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to prohibit the making of false or misleading statements about property matters in the course of estate agency business and property development business. |
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| Citation | 1991 c. 29 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 27 June 1991 |
| Commencement | 27 June 1991 |
| Repealed | 1 October 2013 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which makes the misidentification of various aspects of a properties specifications and particulars a crime. [1]
The Act was repealed by the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013, which was made aware to the House on 28 June 2013. [2] The repeal came into force on 1 October 2013. [3] Customers of estate agents will instead need to rely on the parallel protections under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, which implement the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive.[ citation needed ]
