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COMMISSION ON SALES OF LAND ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 1

1.(1) Where, on a sale of land, an auctioneer, estate agent or other person
acting as agent for the vendor in the sale is entitled to be paid a
commission, any stipulation made on the sale to the effect that the purchaser
shall pay the whole or any part of the commission is void.

(2) This section applies to a commission on a fine, or payment in the nature
of a fine, on the granting of a lease or sub-lease in like manner as to the
commission on a sale of land.

(3) In this section "commission" includes fees, charges, disbursements,
expenses and remuneration and "enactment" includes any statutory provision
within the meaning of section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern
Ireland) 1954.

(4) This section applies only to contracts for sale made after the
commencement of this Act but does not apply to the acquisition of land by
agreement by a person or body authorised or capable of being authorised under
an enactment in force at the date of the agreement to acquire that land
compulsorily.

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