SCHEDULE 2 Amendment of disqualification provision made by Act of Parliament

10 Estate Agents Act 1979
(1) Section 23 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (bankrupts) is amended as follows.
1979 c.38.
(2) After subsection (1), insert—

“1A An individual in respect of whom a debt relief order (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986) is made shall not engage in estate agency work of any description except as an employee of another person”

.
(3) After subsection (2), insert—

“2A The prohibition imposed on an individual by subsection (1A) shall cease to have effect if and when—
(a) the debt relief order is revoked for reasons falling within section 251(L)(2)(a) or (c) of the Insolvency Act 1986;
(b) the individual is discharged from all the qualifying debts specified under the debt relief order at the end of the moratorium period applicable to the order; or
(c) the debt relief order is revoked and a period of one year has elapsed beginning with the effective date for the order.”

.
(4) In subsection (3), for “The reference in subsection (1) above” substitute “The references in this section”.
(5) In subsection (4), for “of subsection (1) above” substitute “of this section”.
Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 1.10.2012, see art. 1