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Halifax real estate agent suspended after showing home to client who skipped isolation

A Halifax real estate agent has been suspended after knowingly showing a home to a client who had just arrived in Nova Scotia from outside Atlantic Canada, skipping the 14-day isolation requirement.

Adam Scott of HaliPad Real Estate Inc. has beensuspended for 1 month, must pay $1,000 fine

A blue and white for sale sign in front of a red brick house
The Nova Scotia Real Estate Commission said real estate agents and other industry members are required to follow COVID-19 health directives issued by the federal and provincial governments. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

A Halifax real estate agent has been suspended after knowingly showing a home to a client who had just arrived in Nova Scotia from outside Atlantic Canada, skipping the 14-day isolation requirement.

The licence of Adam Scott of HaliPad Real Estate Inc. has beensuspended for one month, untilFeb. 18, for violating the Real Estate Trading Act, according to a notice from the Nova Scotia Real Estate Commission.

The commission said an investigation was conducted after a complaint was made by a member of the public.

"The evidence supported Mr. Scott facilitated a viewing with a client knowing the client arrived from outside of Atlantic Canada the night before and had not completed the province's COVID-19 pandemic mandatory 14-day self-isolation," the notice said.

The commission said real estate agents and other industry members are required to follow COVID-19 health directives issued by the federal and provincial governments.

Scott was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.