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: Nadine Mary Westgate & Realty Executives of the Okanagan
File: 10-476
Date of Consent Order: September 26, 2011
Issue: Statesmen Realty Corporation dba Realty Executives of the Okanagan (formerly known as Realty Executives of Kelowna), Kelowna, 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 by contravening section 7-7(1)(b) of the Council Rules in that it failed to file an Accountant ’s Report with the Council by the prescribed date.
Issue: Nadine Mary Westgate, managing broker, Statesmen Realty Corporation dba Realty Executives of Okanagan, (formerly known as Realty Executives of Kelowna), Kelowna, entered into a Consent Order with the Council that she committed professional misconduct within the meaning of section 35(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act by not fulfilling her responsibilities as managing broker for the performance of the duties imposed on the brokerage by its licence within the meaning of section 6(2)(b) of the Real Estate Services Act and by contravening sections 3-1(1)(a) and (b) and 3-1(3) of the Council Rules in that she failed to ensure that the said Accountant ’s Report was filed with the Council by the prescribed date.
Result: Realty Executives of the Okanagan was reprimanded.
Result: Nadine Mary Westgate was reprimanded.
Result: Further, Realty Executives of the Okanagan and Nadine Mary Westgate were ordered to be jointly and severally liable to pay enforcement expenses to the Council in the amount of $1,000.00.
P: Nov 8, 2011 R: Nov 8, 2012