This is actually not new, although some registrants are coming across it for the first time.
Under the Code which applied during REBBA, 2002, the following provision was in force:
“Unprofessional conduct, etc.
39. A registrant shall not, in the course of trading in real estate, engage in any act or omission that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded as disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional or unbecoming a registrant.”
That provision has been revoked, and the new provision under TRESA says:
“Unprofessional conduct, etc.
2. A registrant shall not engage in any act or omission that, having regard to all of the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded as,
(a) being disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional or unbecoming a registrant; or
(b) likely to bring the sector into disrepute or to undermine public confidence in the regulation of registrants under the Act.”
So, “unbecoming” stays, and the new part is s. 2 (b).
Brian Madigan LL.B., Broker