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3. Education and obligations

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The Code of Conduct
Real estate professionals
This page provides you with links to The Code of Conduct and Client Care Rules 2012 (Code of Conduct) and sets out the standard of professional conduct and client care required of agents, branch managers and salespersons.
Other laws and legislation
Real estate professionals
This page contains brief overviews of key pieces of legislation that impose obligations on you as a licensee or are more broadly relevant to real estate agency work.
Ask a question or make a complaint
Buyers and sellers
Ask a question or make a complaint. On this page consumers are provided information on the steps of making a complaint and objecting to a licence.
Find an agent
Buyers and sellers
This page links consumers and licensees to the public register, where they can look up agents, companies, salespersons, and branch managers.

Regulating the real estate industry, increasing professionalism and consumer protection.

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