15 January 2018
All agents who hold a current triennial certificate and have held or received monies in trust during the 2017 calendar year, or part thereof, are required to have their trust accounts audited for the period by an auditor approved by the Commissioner for Consumer Protection (the Commissioner).
8 January 2018
Compulsory Professional Development (CPD) is a legal requirement for all licensed settlement agents. Failure to complete your CPD requirements could result in your triennial certificate not being renewed.
Consumer Protection’s website provides detailed information about the CPD program for licensed settlement agents, including details of the approved subjects for 2018.
8 January 2018
Compulsory Professional Development (CPD) is a legal requirement for all licensed real estate agents and business brokers, as well as all registered real estate sales representatives and property managers. Failure to complete your CPD requirements could result in your triennial certificate or registration not being renewed.
The Guideline has been developed to assist the public to understand the circumstances where the Commissioner for Consumer Protection may consider exercising the power under Part 8 - Statutory Management of an Incorporated Association in the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 (the Act).
The Australian Consumer Law (ACL) is the national law for fair trading and consumer protection, which applies across Australia. The ACL came into force on 1 January 2011. The ACL provides a range of specific obligations in relation to unfair practices, consumer transactions and safety of products and product related services.
This guide was developed following interest from the charities, not-for-profit and fundraising sectors for information to help them better understand their obligations under the ACL, particularly in relation to fundraising.
21 December 2017
A property manager has been reprimanded and fined $2,500 by the State Administrative Tribunal after falling victim to a holiday accommodation booking scam which resulted in a $45,000 loss for her employer, a Scarborough real estate agency.
20 December 2017
An Ellenbrook settlement agent has been fined $14,000 by the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) for their role in relation to two failed Pilbara strata property deals involving what is termed ‘mezzanine financing’.
A Joondalup real estate agency and a sales representative will have to pay a total of $21,200 in penalties and costs ordered by the State Administrative Tribunal after a Balga house was sold without the consent of one of the owners.
The owners were a couple who had moved overseas and the agency was duped by the husband into believing that his wife and children were killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
28 November 2017
A Wandi property manager has been fined $5,000 by the Perth Magistrates Court for operating without a licence and a current triennial certificate.
Josephine Wei-Wei Liau was also ordered to pay costs of $1,784 after being convicted on 20 November 2017 for holding herself out as a real estate agent and demanding and receiving monies in respect of services as an agent while unlicensed. Ms Liau was managing a property in Willetton through her unregistered business Emerald Property Management after her registration expired in March 2013.
24 November 2017
As summer approaches it’s time to check that the pool or spa at your rental property conforms to safety requirements. The pool or spa must have appropriate safety barriers according to the building laws enforced by local government and the residential tenancy laws.
The law requires that private swimming pools are secured by isolation fencing and have correct locking mechanisms on gates.
