# The Home Information Pack Regulations 2006, Regulation 3: Interpretation – first point of marketing


(1) Subject to the provisions specified in paragraph (2), a reference in these Regulations to the “first point of marketing” is to the first time a duty arises under section 155(1) or 159(2) of the 2004 Act in relation to the sale of the property interest.
(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a) regulations 15(3), 18(3) and 20(3); and
(b) the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(3) The first point of marketing remains the time identified in paragraph (1) where the property is taken off the market for 28 days or less before being put back on the market.
(4) Except in the circumstances described in paragraph (5), where the property is taken off the market for more than 28 days before being put back on the market—
(a) a further first point of marketing arises in relation to the sale; and
(b) that first point of marketing is the time at which it is put back on the market.
(5) The first point of marketing remains the time identified in paragraph (1) where the property—
(a) is taken off the market for any period of time because the seller accepts an offer to buy the property; and
(b) is then put back on the market within 28 days of that offer being withdrawn or its acceptance repudiated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1503/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/home-information-pack-regulations-2006/regulation-3
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