S.I. No. 180/2012 - Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 (Licensing) Regulations 2012.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th June, 2012.

The Property Services Regulatory Authority in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 25 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 (No. 40 of 2011), with the consent of the Minister for Justice and Equality, hereby makes the following regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 (Licensing) Regulations 2012.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 30 May 2012.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations—

“Act” means the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 (No. 40 of 2011);

“employee” means an employee who requires a licence to provide a property service.

Licence applications for separate classes of property service

3. An applicant for a licence may make a single application to provide one or more of the property services referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of the definition of “property service” in section 2(1) of the Act.

Licence fee

4. An application for the issue or renewal of a licence shall be accompanied by the appropriate licence fee specified in the Table to this Regulation.

TABLE

Refund of licence fee

5. Where an application for the issue or renewal of a licence is refused under the Act, or an application for the issue or renewal of a licence is withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn prior to the issue or renewal of the licence, the Authority shall refund to the applicant the appropriate licence fee that accompanied the application.

The Minister for Justice and Equality consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 May 2012.

ALAN SHATTER,

Minister for Justice and Equality.

GIVEN under the seal of the Property Services Regulatory Authority,

30 May 2012.

THOMAS LYNCH,

Chief Executive, Property Services Regulatory Authority.

GERALDINE CLARKE,

Chairperson, Property Services Regulatory Authority.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations prescribe the classes of licence under the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 and the fees payable in respect of applications for such licences.