Provisional Property Management Practitioner Licence
The first three years after the implementation of the licensing regime (i.e. from 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2023) is a transitional period. During the period, property management practitioners who do not meet the relevant criteria for academic and/or professional qualifications but possess the specified property management work experience may apply for a provisional licence. Those having completed a PMSA specified course designed for provisional licensees before the expiry of the provisional property management practitioner licence may apply for a formal property management practitioner licence without meeting the academic and/or professional qualifications criteria Note 1.
The validity period of provisional property management practitioner licence are either 12 months, 24 months or 36 months. There is no mechanism for renewal of provisional property management practitioner licences.
A person who applies for a provisional licence must possess work experience in property management in assuming a managerial or supervisory role Note 2 in the provision of property management services for properties in Hong Kong, as follows:
- Provisional property management practitioner (Tier 1) licence: at least a total of 10 years of experience within the 15 years immediately before 1 August 2020 or prior to the licence application (the countable period); or if an applicant has been engaged in property management work in places in China other than Hong Kong (the job) within the countable period and was engaged in property management work in Hong Kong immediately before the job, he/she is required to have at least a total of 10 years of experience in property management in Hong Kong within the period which is a sum of the countable period plus the number of years (subject to a maximum of 4 years) of the aforesaid work experience in property management in places in China other than Hong Kong.
- Provisional property management practitioner (Tier 2) licence: at least a total of 5 years of experience within the 8 years immediately before 1 August 2020 or prior to the licence application (the countable period); or if an applicant has been engaged in property management work in places in China other than Hong Kong (the job) within the countable period and was engaged in property management work in Hong Kong immediately before the job, he/she is required to have at least a total of 5 years of experience in property management in Hong Kong within the period which is a sum of the countable period plus the number of years (subject to a maximum of 4 years) of the aforesaid work experience in property management in places in China other than Hong Kong.
The said experience must have been gained from full-time work and involved the provision of two or more categories of property management services.
Note 1: After completion of a specified course, an application for a formal licence must be made during the validity of the provisional licence or within three years from the expiry of the provisional licence. A new application accompanied by the relevant fee (i.e. full application and licence fee) must be made, but documentary evidence for work experience is not required.
Note 2: Generally, a person assumes a managerial or supervisory role if he / she has responsibility to manage or supervise subordinates.
