Register and search of register
36.—(1)  The Council shall establish and maintain a register for the purposes of this Act in such form as the Council may decide.
(2)  The register shall contain —
(a)the following particulars as regards every licence granted under this Act:
(i)the name of the person to whom the licence was granted;
(ii)the period or periods for which the licence was granted, including the period or periods (if any) for which the licence was renewed;
(iii)if the licence is suspended, the period during which it is suspended; and
(iv)if the licence is revoked, the date of revocation;
(b)the following particulars as regards every salesperson registered under this Act:
(i)the name of the salesperson;
(ii)the name of the estate agent that the salesperson acts for and is registered through;
(iii)the period or periods of registration;
(iv)if the registration is suspended, the period during which it is suspended; and
(v)if the registration is revoked, the date of revocation; and
(c)such other particulars as may be prescribed.
(3)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Council may, from time to time and in such form or manner and for such time as it considers appropriate, include in the register, information relating to any or all of the following:
(a)the estate agents that a salesperson had acted for in the past;
(aa)the prescribed particulars of any property transaction completed by any client of any licensed estate agent, within the meaning of section 43A(5);
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(b)the lapsing, revocation or suspension of any licence or registration under this Act;
(ba)the censure of any person under section 49(6)(b) or 66(3)(b);
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(c)the reprimand of any person under this Act;
(d)the conviction of any person for any offence under this Act;
(e)any action as may have been taken by the Council or a Disciplinary Committee against any person under this Act;
(f)any other information in respect of estate agents and salespersons as the Council may consider necessary or expedient to publish in the public interest.
(4)  The Council may at any time publish such information from the register maintained under subsection (1) as it considers appropriate.
(5)  The Council shall make the register available for public search or inspection, in such manner and at such reasonable time as the Council shall determine, on payment of the prescribed fee, if any.
(6)  A document signed by the Executive Director and certified by him as being a true copy of or an extract from any part of the register shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence of the particulars entered in the part of the register to which the document so signed and certified relates.
(7)  It shall not be necessary in legal proceedings either to prove a signature on a document referred to in subsection (6) or to prove that such a signature is that of the person holding the office of Executive Director on the date of the document.
(8)  Where a person applies to the Council for a copy of or an extract from any part of the register to be signed and certified as described in subsection (6), the Council shall furnish the person with the copy or extract sought on payment of the prescribed fee, if any.