Real Estate Agents Act 2008

When an agent receives any money in respect of any transaction in his or her capacity as an agent, he or she must not pay that money to any person for a period of 10 working days after the date on which he or she received it.

Despite subsection (1), a court order or an authority signed by all the parties to the transaction may require the agent to pay the money before the expiry of the period specified in that subsection.

If at any time while holding any money on behalf of any party to the transaction, the agent receives written notice of any requisitions or objections in respect of the title to any land affected by the transaction, the agent must not at any time pay that money to any person except in accordance with a court order or an authority signed by all the parties to the transaction.