6. A natural person who, before 1 August 1994, applies for a chartered real estate broker’s or agent’s certificate, who is designated under section 7 of the Act to represent a partnership or legal person referred to in that section or who becomes the manager or assistant manager of a place of business in accordance with section 13 of the Act is exempted from the obligations provided for in sections 2 to 4 as the case may be, where he applies for such certificate within 2 years following(1) the expiry or relinquishment of his real estate broker’s permit or registration certificate, or of his chartered or affiliated real estate broker’s certificate or of his chartered real estate agent’s certificate;
(2) the expiry or relinquishment of the real estate agent’s permit, chartered real estate broker’s certificate or registration certificate of a partnership or legal person for which he acted as representative, manager or assistant manager;
(3) the time when he ceased to act as the representative of a partnership or legal person, or as the manager or assistant manager of a natural person, partnership or legal person; or
(4) where applicable, the suspension, by operation of law, of his chartered real estate agent’s or affiliated real estate broker’s certificate pursuant to section 17 of the Real Estate Brokerage Act (chapter C-73.1).