PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Estate Agents (Estate Agency Work) Regulations 2010 and shall, with the exception of regulation 9 and Parts IV, V and VI, come into operation on 15th November 2010.
(2)  Parts IV, V and VI shall come into operation on 1st January 2011.
(3)  Regulation 9 shall come into operation on 1st March 2011.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“commercial or industrial property” means property other than residential property;
“developer” means any person who constructs or causes to be constructed property for sale or lease to other persons;
“HDB property” means any property which was sold or leased by the Housing and Development Board under the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129);
“lease” includes an agreement for a lease;
“residential property” has the same meaning assigned to it in the Residential Property Act (Cap. 274).