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[接上页] (2) The Authority may in its discretion grant or renew a licence for a lesser period than that mentioned in subsection (1). (L.N. 147 of 2001) Cap 511A s 10 Statement of particulars of business (1) A licensed estate agent shall, before carrying on estate agency business at any place under a particular business name, apply to the Authority for the grant of a statement of particulars of business for that place and name and shall pay to the Authority the relevant portion of the licence fee in respect of such business. (2) The Authority may, upon an application under subsection (1) and payment of the relevant portion of the licence fee, grant to the licensed estate agent (or, where the business is carried on by two or more licensed estate agents, to any one of them) a statement of particulars of business. (3) A statement of particulars of business may be granted, and may upon application be renewed, for a period for which the portion of the licence fee in respect of the business has been paid and expiring not later than- (a) the expiry of the estate agent's licence of the person by whom the statement is to be held; or (b) in the case of a statement to be held in respect of a partnership, the latest date on which the estate agent's licence of any member of the partnership is to expire.(4) A statement of particulars of business shall have effect only in so far as the person named therein (or if two or more persons are so named, at least one of them) is a licensed estate agent and, accordingly, the Authority may require any person in possession of any statement that has ceased to have effect under this subsection to surrender it. (5) For the avoidance of doubt, the grant or renewal of a statement of particulars of business for any period in respect of a business carried on by two or more persons as members of a partnership shall not entitle any such person to do estate agency work after he ceases to be a licensed estate agent. (6) An application by any person under subsection (1) or (3) for the grant or renewal of a statement of particulars of business for a business carried on by him or as a member of a partnership, whether made at the same time as his application for the grant or renewal of a estate agent's licence or thereafter, forms part of the latter application. Cap 511A s 11 Replacement of licence or statement of particulars of business On payment of the prescribed fee, the Authority may issue a replacement of a licence or a statement of particulars of business to a licensee if the Authority is satisfied that the licence or the statement of particulars of business, as the case may be, has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. Cap 511A s 12 Amendment of particulars of a licence, etc. On payment of the prescribed fee and the production of any documentary or other evidence as the Authority may require, the Authority may upon the request of a licensee amend any particulars of a licence or a statement of particulars of business. Cap 511A s 13 Renewal of licence An application for the renewal of a licence shall be made not more than 3 months and not less than 1 month prior to the expiration of the licence or within such shorter period prior to the expiration thereof as the Authority may in writing permit. Cap 511A s 14 General conditions imposed on licensees (1) Every holder of an estate agent's licence shall- (a) display and keep displayed, at a conspicuous position at each place at which he carries on business as an estate agent, the relevant statement of particulars of business; (b) state clearly and conspicuously on any letter, account, receipt, pamphlet, brochure and other document issued by him or on his behalf the following- (i) the number of his licence or the relevant statement of particulars of business; (L.N. 147 of 2001) (ii) (Repealed L.N. 147 of 2001) (iii) the business name as stated in the relevant statement of particulars of business; and (iv) the place of business as stated in the relevant statement of particulars of business;(c) state clearly and conspicuously in all advertisements, pamphlets and brochures excepted, by him or on his behalf, the items in paragraph (b)(i) and (iii); (L.N. 147 of 2001) (d) not carry on estate agency business under a business name or at a place of business other than the one specified in a statement of particulars of business granted to him; and (e) apply to the Authority to have his statement of particulars of business amended under section 12 if any matter stated therein is for any reason incorrect.(2) Every licensee shall, upon request in writing by the Authority, surrender his licence to the Authority for amendment or variation of any existing conditions or for attachment of new conditions. (3) For the purpose of this section, where a licensed estate agent carries on at any place estate agency business under different business names, he shall display at that place a statement of particulars of business for each and every business name so used. |