# Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 1991 c. 29 · enacted 27 June 1991 · revised to 1 October 2013 An Act to prohibit the making of false or misleading statements about property matters in the course of estate agency business and property development business. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/property-misdescriptions-act-1991/pdf/ukpga_19910029_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Offence of property misdescription. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Due diligence defence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Bodies corporate and Scottish partnerships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Prosecution time limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Financial provision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Short title and extent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule: Enforcement ### Enforcement authority ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Prosecutions ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Powers of officers of enforcement authority ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Obstruction of officers ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Impersonation of officers ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Disclosure of information ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Privilege against self-incrimination ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/29 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/property-misdescriptions-act-1991 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.