Property Misdescriptions Act 1991

The Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which makes the misidentification of various aspects of a properties specifications and particulars a crime.^[1]

Property Misdescriptions Act 1991

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	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.
Citation	1991 c. 29
Dates
Royal assent	27 June 1991
Commencement	27 June 1991
Repealed	1 October 2013
Other legislation
Repealed by	Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013
Status: Repealed
Text of the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Act was repealed by the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013, which was made aware to the House on 28 June 2013.^[2] The repeal came into force on 1 October 2013.^[3] Customers of estate agents will instead need to rely on the parallel protections under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, which implement the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive.^{[citation needed]}