New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CONVEYANCERS LICENSING ACT 1995

- As at 15 December 2006
- Act 57 of 1995

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Conveyancing work
   5.      Disqualified persons

   PART 2 - LICENSING

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   6.      Effect of licence
   7.      Qualifications for a licence
   8.      What constitutes approved policy of professional indemnity insurance

           Division 2 - Procedure for obtaining a licence

   9.      Applications for licences
   10.     Determination of applications
   11.     Imposition of conditions
   12.     Duration of licences
   13.     Suspension and cancellation of licences

           Division 3 - Reviews of decisions

   14.     Reviews by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal

   PART 3 - CONVEYANCING PRACTICE

           Division 1 - General

   15.     Effect of contravention of Division 1
   16.     Fees
   17.     Conduct of conveyancing businesses
   18.     Sharing of receipts with unqualified persons
   19.     Multidisciplinary partnerships
   20.     Conduct of other businesses
   21.     Employment of disqualified persons
   22.     Sharing staff of legal practitioners and real estate and other agents
   23.     Advertising
   24.     Regulations may establish guidelines for conduct of conveyancing business

           Division 2 - Trust money and controlled money

   25.     Money received by licensee on behalf of another
   26.     Keeping of accounts
   27.     Audits
   28.     Money not claimed from licensee
   29.     Bankers to pay interest to Statutory Interest Account
   30.     Relief for bankers

           Division 3 - Inspection of trust accounts and investigations generally

   31.     Appointment of trust account inspectors and investigators
   32.     Production of records
   33.     Inspectors’ reports
   34.     Costs of inspection and investigation
   35.     Secrecy
   36.     Obstruction of inspectors

   PART 4 - CLAIMS ARISING FROM FAILURES TO ACCOUNT

   37.     Definition
   38.     Claims can be made against Compensation Fund
   39.     Contributions by licensees

   PART 5 - MANAGEMENT AND RECEIVERSHIP

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   40.     Definitions
   41.     Associate
   42.     Failure to account

           Division 2 - Management

   43.     Appointment of manager
   44.     Qualifications for appointment as manager
   45.     Powers of manager
   46.     Management continues under receivership
   47.     Acts of manager to be taken as acts of licensee
   48.     Manager may be reimbursed for damages
   49.     Payment of expenses of management
   50.     Manager to report to Director-General
   51.     Trust money
   52.     Office accounts
   53.     Termination of management
   54.     Obstruction of managers

           Division 3 - Receivership

   55.     Supreme Court may appoint receiver
   56.     Receivership may extend to property of licensee’s associate
   57.     Court to be closed
   58.     Order to be served
   59.     Receiver may take possession of property
   60.     Information about receivable property
   61.     Stop order on account
   62.     Improper dealing with property
   63.     Recovery of compensation for disposal of receivable property
   64.     Receiver may give certificate
   65.     Receiver taken to be beneficially entitled to property
   66.     Receiver may deal with property
   67.     Other powers of receiver
   68.     Notice to claim receivable property
   69.     Lien for costs on receivable property
   70.     Examination by receiver
   71.     Property not dealt with by receiver
   72.     Investment of money by receiver
   73.     Receiver may be reimbursed for damages
   74.     Payment of expenses of receivership
   75.     Supreme Court may review expenses of receivership
   76.     Receivable property not to be attached
   77.     Applications for directions by receiver, licensee etc
   78.     Supreme Court may give general directions to receiver
   79.     Receiver to report to Supreme Court and Director-General
   80.     Termination of appointment of receiver
   81.     Obstruction of receivers

   PART 6 - DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

   82.     Application of Legal Profession Act 1987
   83.     (Repealed)

   PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

   84.     Functions of the Director-General
   85.     Delivery up of documents
   86.     Auditors
   87.     Register of licensees
   88.     Evidentiary certificates
   89.     Proceedings for offences
   90.     Order restraining breach of this Act
   91.     Regulations
   92.     Repeal of Conveyancers Licensing Act 1992 No 55
   93.     (Repealed)
   94.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
   95.     Review of Act
           Schedule 1 (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 99 Dictionary