REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
In the matter of the Real Estate Services Act
S.B.C. 2004 ch. 42
AND in the matter of a Consent Order pursuant to Section 41 of the Real Estate Services Act
Respondent: SIDNEY JAMES BOND
File: 10-003
Date of Consent Order: January 21, 2011
Issue: Sidney James Bond, representative, Sussex Group – S.R.C. Realty Corporation dba Prudential Sussex Realty, North Vancouver, entered into a Consent Order with the Council in which he consented to an Order that he committed professional misconduct within the meaning of section 35(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act by contravening section 3-4 of the Council Rules in that he reviewed the by-laws of the strata corporation of the subject property but failed to use reasonable care and skill to discover the relevant fact that the property was subject to by-laws which limited the occupation of the property to two persons when his buyer clients required housing for a family of four.
Result: Sidney James Bond was suspended for seven (7) days from March 16, 2011 to March 22, 2011 (inclusive) and was ordered to pay enforcement expenses to the Council in the amount of $1,000.00.
P: Mar 7, 2011 R: Mar 7, 2016