Malaysia legislation
Section 4
of VALUERS, APPRAISERS AND ESTATE AGENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017
Section 4
Amendment of section 2
(a)
by deleting the definition of “estate agency practice”;
(b)
by substituting for the definition of “Register” the following definition:
‘ “Register” means the Register of Valuers, Appraisers,
Estate Agents and Property Managers kept under paragraph 14(1)(a);’;
(c)
by substituting for the definition of “Register of
Probationary Valuers/Probationary Estate Agents” the following definition:
‘ “Register of Probationers” means the Register of Probationary Valuers, Probationary Estate Agents and Probationary Property Managers kept under paragraph 14(1)(b);’;
(d)
in the definition of “probationary estate agent”, by substituting for the words “Register of Probationary
Valuers/Probationary Estate Agents” the words “Register of Probationers”;
(e)
in the definition of “Fund”, by substituting for the words
“Board of Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents” the words “Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and
Property Managers”;
(f)
by substituting for the definition of “Board” the following definition:
‘ “Board” means the Board of Valuers, Appraisers,
Estate Agents and Property Managers established under section 9;’;
(g)
by substituting for the definition of “applicant” the following definition:
‘ “applicant” means an individual registered valuer, appraiser, estate agent or property manager, or a registered valuation, appraisal, estate agency or property management firm, as the case may be;’;
Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents (Amendment)
(h)
by substituting for the definition of “Registrar” the following definition:
‘ “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property
Managers appointed under section 15.”;
(i)
in the definition of “property manager”, by deleting the words “to maintain or increase the investment in, or physical worth of, such property”;
(j)
by inserting after the definition of “registered estate agent”
the following definition:
‘ “registered property manager” means a person whose name has been entered under Part IV of the
Register and to whom an authority to practise has been issued by the Board under section 16;’;
(k)
by inserting after the definition of “probationary estate agent” the following definition:
‘ “probationary property manager” means a person who is registered under this Act as a probationary property manager and whose name has been placed in the Register of Probationers;’;
(l)
by substituting for the definition of “property management”
the following definition:
‘ “property management” means the management and control of any land, building and any interest in the land or building, excluding the management of property-based businesses, on behalf of the owner for a fee;’; and
(m)
in the definition of “probationary valuer”, by substituting for the words “Register of Probationary Valuers/Probationary
Estate Agents” the words “Register of Probationers”.
Amendment of heading of Part III