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Property Practitioners Act, 2019 (Act No. 22 of 2019)

Chapter 8 : Property Practitioners

49. Mandatory time periods for issuing certificates

 

(1) The Authority must, within 30 working days, consider any application submitted to it in terms of this Act, which fully meets the prescribed requirements, unless the Authority, on good grounds in writing, informs the applicant of the reasons why that period is to be extended, provided that such extension may not exceed 20 working days.

 

(2) The period of 30 working days contemplated in subsection (1) commences afresh if the Authority requests the applicant to submit additional information or to correct the said application.

 

(3) If the Authority has failed to comply with subsection (1), the application is deemed to have been approved and the Authority must, upon written request by the applicant within 10 working days, issue the applicant with the relevant certificate.