(c) a person in the bona fide employment of a company or partnership referred to in
section thirty-nine whilst he is working under the direction of a principal or an
assistant referred to in that section;
(d) a person in the bona fide employment of a building society, registered in terms of the
Building Societies Act [Chapter 24:02], whilst he is working under the direction and
control of a registered valuer who is employed full-time in that capacity;
(e) a member of the Quantity Surveyors Division of the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors or the Zimbabwe Institute of Quantity Surveyors in the course of his
practice as such.
39 Special provisions relating to companies and partnerships
A company or partnership may, notwithstanding section thirty-seven, practise as or describe
itself or hold itself out or allow itself to be held out as a valuer if—
(a) the business of the company or partnership, in so far as it relates to valuation, is under
the direct control and management of a principal who—
(i) is a registered valuer; and
(ii) does not act at the same time in a similar capacity for any other company or
partnership or on his own behalf;
and
(b) in every premises where the business referred to in paragraph (a) is carried on which is
not personally conducted by the principal referred to in paragraph (a), such business is
conducted under the direction of that principal by an assistant who is a registered
valuer.
40 Supervision of employees
A registered valuer—
(a) who employs any person who is not a registered valuer in the work of a valuer; or
(b) under whose direction and control an employee referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as
the case may be, of section thirty-eight is working;
shall supervise the work of that employee and, if an order in terms of subsection (1) of section
thirty-two is made in respect of that employee, the registered valuer concerned shall be deemed
to be guilty of negligence in his capacity as a valuer, unless he proves that—
(i) he did not connive at the unsuitability of the employee; or
(ii) he took all reasonable steps to prevent the conduct of the employee;
as the case may be, in respect of which the order was made.
41 Notice of registration, order, cancellation, suspension, etc.
(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Council shall cause notice to be given in the Gazette and
may give notice to all registered valuers of—
(a) the registration of any valuer; or
(b) the cancellation or suspension of any person’s registration as a valuer.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Council shall give notice to all registered valuers of any
order made in terms of subsection (1) of section thirty-two.
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