Property Misdescriptions Act 1991

Property Misdescriptions Act 1991
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to prohibit the making of false or misleading statements about property matters in the course of estate agency business and property development business.
Citation1991 c. 29
Dates
Royal assent27 June 1991
Commencement27 June 1991
Repealed1 October 2013
Other legislation
Repealed byProperty Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013
Status: Repealed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The Act was repealed by the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013, which came into force on 1 October 2013.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.