The Estate Agents (Undesirable Practices) (No. 2) Order 1991
Section 3(1)(d) of the Estate Agents Act 1979 confers power on theSecretary of State to declare practices in relation to estate agencywork to be undesirable. When a practice has been so declared theDirector General of Fair Trading can, if satisfied that a person hasengaged in it and is unfit to carry on estate agency work, make an orderprohibiting that person from carrying on estate agency work, either atall or of a description specified.