In 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: Amex Sunrich Realty
File: 09-516
Date of Consent Order: September 14, 2011
Issue: Sunrich Realty Ltd. dba Amex Sunrich Realty, Richmond, entered into a Consent Order with the Council that it committed professional misconduct within the meaning of section 35(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act in that it: (a) allowed a licensee during the suspension period to continue to advertise his services on behalf of the brokerage on his personal website and on the brokerage website, contrary to sections 3(1)(a), 7(5)(a), 20, and 21(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act; and (b) failed to monitor a licensee ’s compliance with the terms of his suspension in that both the licensee ’s personal website and the brokerage ’s website continued to advertise the licensee as a licensee providing real estate services on behalf of the brokerage despite the fact that his licence expired on March 29, 2010 and his licence was otherwise suspended effective from May 19, 2010 to July 17, 2010, contrary to sections 7(5)(a), 20, and 21(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act.
Result: Sunrich Realty Ltd. dba Amex Sunrich Realty was reprimanded and ordered to pay enforcement expenses to the Council in the amount of $1,000.00.
P: Nov 8, 2011 R: Nov 8, 2012