Act of Parliament | |
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Repealed | 1 October 2013 |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Repealed by | Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013 |
Status: Repealed | |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.
The Act was repealed by the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013, which came into force on 1 October 2013. 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.