Real Estate Agents (Audit) Regulations 2009

Reprint as at 1 April 2014

Real Estate Agents (Audit) Regulations 2009

(SR 2009/279)

Rt Hon Sir Peter Blanchard, Administrator of the Government

Order in Council

At Wellington this 28th day of September 2009

Present:
His Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Justice.

Pursuant to sections 125 and 156 of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Contents

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Purpose

4 Interpretation

Duties of agencies in relation to trust accounts

5 Operation of trust accounts

6 Trust account records

7 Receipt and payment of trust account money

8 Form of trust receipts

Appointment of auditor

9 Agencies must appoint auditor

10 Who may be appointed as auditor

11 Disqualification from auditing trust accounts of an agency

12 New agency must notify appointment of auditor before receiving money

13 Agency must notify Authority of replacement if auditor disqualified or no longer engaged

Duties of agencies in relation to audits

14 General duty to provide access, information, and records

15 Duty to provide monthly list of balances and reconciliation statement

16 Duty to report in respect of each audit period

17 Duty to provide information for annual audit report

18 Duty of agency ceasing to carry on business

19 Auditor's fees

Duties of auditors

20 General duty

21 Duty to perform at least 3 examinations each year

22 Duty to provide annual audit report

23 Duty to report defaults and irregularities

Inactive trust accounts

24 Agency's duties in respect of inactive trust accounts

25 Auditor's duties when notified of inactive trust account

26 Reactivation of inactive trust account

Disclosure of information to and by auditor

27 Disclosure of information by bank to auditor

28 Disclosure of information by auditor

Miscellaneous

29 Service of notices

30 Offences

31 Revocation

Transitional provisions

32 Initial notification of auditors

33 Inactive trust accounts

Gazette information

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