CONVEYANCERS ACT 1994

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 3 Interpretation
• 4 Commissioner to be responsible for administration of Act

PART 2--Registration of conveyancers

• 5 Conveyancers to be registered
• 6 Application for registration
• 7 Entitlement to be registered
• 7A Reviews
• 8 Duration of registration and annual fee and return
• 9 Requirements for professional indemnity insurance

PART 2A--Cancellation, suspension or variation of registration

• 9AA Commissioner may cancel, suspend or impose conditions on registration

PART 3--Provisions regulating incorporated conveyancers

• 9A Company conveyancer's business to be properly managed and supervised
• 9B Improper directions etc relating to conveyancing
• 10 Non-compliance with constitution
• 11 Alteration of constitution
• 13 Joint and several liability

PART 4--Trust accounts and indemnity fund

Division 1--Preliminary

• 14 Interpretation of
PART 4

Division 2--Trust accounts

• 15 Trust money to be deposited in trust account
• 16 Withdrawal of money from trust account
• 17 Payment of interest on trust accounts to Commissioner
• 18 Appointment of administrator of trust account
• 19 Appointment of temporary manager
• 20 Powers of administrator or temporary manager
• 21 Term of appointment of administrator or temporary manager
• 22 Review of appointment of administrator or temporary manager
• 23 Keeping of records
• 24 Audit of trust accounts
• 25 Appointment of examiner
• 26 Obtaining information for purposes of audit or examination
• 27 ADIs etc to report deficiencies in trust accounts
• 28 Confidentiality
• 29 ADIs etc not affected by notice of trust
• 30 Failing to comply with requirement of administrators etc

Division 3--Indemnity fund

• 31 Indemnity fund
• 32 Claims on indemnity fund
• 33 Limitation of claims
• 34 Establishment and determination of claims
• 35 Claims by conveyancers
• 36 Personal representative may make claim
• 37 Review of Commissioner's determination
• 38 Determination, evidence and burden of proof
• 39 Claimant's entitlement to compensation and interest
• 40 Rights of Commissioner
• 41 Insurance in respect of claims against indemnity fund
• 42 Insufficiency of indemnity fund
• 43 Accounts and audit

PART 5--Discipline

• 44 Interpretation of Part 5
• 45 Cause for disciplinary action
• 46 Complaints
• 47 Hearing by Tribunal
• 48 Participation of assessors in disciplinary proceedings
• 49 Disciplinary action
• 50 Contravention of orders

PART 6--Miscellaneous

• 51 Delegations
• 52 Agreement with professional organisation
• 53 Exemptions
• 54 Register of conveyancers
• 55 Commissioner and proceedings before Tribunal
• 56 False or misleading information
• 57 Statutory declaration
• 58 Investigations
• 59 General defence
• 60 Liability for act or default of officer, employee or agent
• 62 Continuing offence
• 63 Prosecutions
• 64 Evidence
• 65 Service of documents
• 66 Annual report
• 67 Regulations
• SCHEDULE 2--Transitional provisions
Legislative history