{"id":"sr:conveyancers-fees-regulations-2018","name":"Conveyancers (Fees) Regulations 2018","slug":"conveyancers-fees-regulations-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":181274,"registerId":"vic-sr:conveyancers-fees-regulations-2018-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Conveyancers (Fees) Regulations 2018","content":"Version No. 001\n\n**Conveyancers (Fees) Regulations 2018**\n\n**S.R. No. 61/2018**\n\nVersion as at  \n26 May 2018\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Regulation Page*\n\n1 Objective 1\n\n2 Authorising provision 1\n\n3 Commencement 1\n\n4 Definition 1\n\n5 Fees for conveyancer's licence 1\n\n6 Fee for application by person involved in claim for permission to hold, or continue to hold, a licence 2\n\n7 Fee for application by person with criminal record for permission to hold, or continue to hold, a licence 2\n\n8 Fee for application by company for permission to hold, or continue to hold, a licence 3\n\n9 Annual licence fee 3\n\n10 Extension of time fee 3\n\n11 Late payment or lodgement fee 3\n\n12 Exemption from requirement to appoint manager 4\n\n13 Employment of disqualified persons 4\n\n14 Certified copy of, or extract from, the Register 4\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes 5\n\n1 General information 5\n\n2 Table of Amendments 7\n\n3 Amendments Not in Operation 8\n\n4 Explanatory details 9\n\n**Version No.** **001**\n\n**Conveyancers (Fees) Regulations 2018**\n\n**S.R. No. 61/2018**\n\nVersion as at  \n26 May 2018\n\n\t1 Objective\n\nThe objective of these Regulations is to prescribe fees for the purposes of the **Conveyancers Act 2006**.\n\n\t2 Authorising provision\n\nThese Regulations are made under section 188 of the **Conveyancers Act 2006**.\n\n\t3 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations come into operation on 26 May 2018.\n\n\t4 Definition\n\nIn these Regulations, ***the Act*** means the **Conveyancers Act 2006**.\n\n\t5 Fees for conveyancer's licence\n\nFor the purposes of section 13(2) of the Act, the prescribed fees for a new licence are—\n\n(a) for the period beginning on 26 May 2018 and ending on 30 November 2018—\n\n(i) 34 fee units for an application; and\n\n(ii) 82 fee units for a licence; and\n\n(b) on and from 1 December 2018—\n\n(i) in the case of an applicant that is a company—\n\n(A) 30·19 fee units for an application; and\n\n(B) 60·94 fee units for a licence; and\n\n(ii) in the case of an applicant that is a natural person—\n\n(A) 17·88 fee units for an application; and\n\n(B) 60·22 fee units for a licence.\n\n\t6 Fee for application by person involved in claim for permission to hold, or continue to hold, a licence\n\nFor the purposes of section 29(3)(d) of the Act, the prescribed fee is—\n\n(a) for the period beginning on 26 May 2018 and ending on 30 November 2018, 52 fee units; and\n\n(b) on and from 1 December 2018, 108·71 fee units.\n\n\t7 Fee for application by person with criminal record for permission to hold, or continue to hold, a licence\n\nFor the purposes of section 30(3)(d) of the Act, the prescribed fee is—\n\n(a) for the period beginning on 26 May 2018 and ending on 30 November 2018, 52 fee units; and\n\n(b) on and from 1 December 2018, 108·71 fee units.\n\n\t8 Fee for application by company for permission to hold, or continue to hold, a licence\n\nFor the purposes of section 31(2)(d) of the Act, the prescribed fee is—\n\n(a) for the period beginning on 26 May 2018 and ending on 30 November 2018, 56 fee units; and\n\n(b) on and from 1 December 2018, 152·32 fee units.\n\n\t9 Annual licence fee\n\nFor the purposes of section 35(1) of the Act, the prescribed annual licence fee is—\n\n(a) for the period beginning on 26 May 2018 and ending on 30 November 2018, 82 fee units; and\n\n(b) on and from 1 December 2018—\n\n(i) in the case of an applicant that is a company, 60·94 fee units for a licence; and\n\n(ii) in the case of an applicant that is a natural person, 60·22 fee units.\n\n\t10 Extension of time fee\n\nFor the purposes of section 36(1) of the Act, the prescribed fee on and from 1 December 2018 is 9·07 fee units.\n\n\t11 Late payment or lodgement fee\n\nFor the purposes of section 37(1) of the Act, the prescribed fee is—\n\n(a) for the period beginning on 26 May 2018 and ending on 30 November 2018, 1 fee unit; and\n\n(b) on and from 1 December 2018, 8·03 fee units.\n\n\t12 Exemption from requirement to appoint manager\n\nFor the purposes of section 52(3) of the Act, the prescribed fee is—\n\n(a) for the period beginning on 26 May 2018 and ending on 30 November 2018, 7 fee units; and\n\n(b) on and from 1 December 2018, 18·45 fee units.\n\n\t13 Employment of disqualified persons\n\nFor the purposes of section 56(3)(d) of the Act, the prescribed fee is—\n\n(a) for the period beginning on 26 May 2018 and ending on 30 November 2018, 30 fee units; and\n\n(b) on and from 1 December 2018, 18·45 fee units.\n\n\t14 Certified copy of, or extract from, the Register\n\nFor the purposes of section 178(4)(b) of the Act, the prescribed fee is—\n\n(a) for the period beginning on 26 May 2018 and ending on 30 November 2018, $5; and\n\n(b) on and from 1 December 2018, 8·37 fee units.\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\nThe Conveyancers (Fees) Regulations 2018, S.R. No. 61/2018 were made on 22 May 2018 by the Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy, with the advice of the Executive Council, under section 188 of the **Conveyancers Act 2006**, No. 75/2006 and came into operation on 26 May 2018: regulation 3.\n\nThe Conveyancers (Fees) Regulations 2018 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 22 May 2028 (see section 5 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**).\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nThis includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.  \nSee section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nSee section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after  \n1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThere are no amendments made to the Conveyancers (Fees) Regulations 2018 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.\n\n3 Amendments Not in Operation\n\nThere are no amendments which were Not in Operation at the date of this publication.\n\n4 Explanatory details\n\n**Fee Units**\n\nThese Regulations provide for fees by reference to fee units within the meaning of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**.\n\nThe amount of the fee is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of that Act, by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee unit.\n\nThe value of a fee unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2017 is $14.22 and from 1 July 2018 is $14.45. The amount of the calculated fee may be rounded to the nearest 10 cents.\n\nThe value of a fee unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the **Monetary Units Act 2004**. The value of a fee unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These Regulations do not change the legal scope of the Conveyancers Act 2006; they implement and prescribe the fee amounts and the mechanism for converting fee units to dollars. They set rates, timing and categories for fees rather than creating new regulatory powers or duties."},"complexity_factors":["Fees expressed as fee‑unit multiples rather than fixed dollar amounts (requires conversion using Monetary Units Act 2004).","Different rates for companies and natural persons and different categories of applications (multiple lines in schedules).","Two distinct effective periods with different rates (26 May–30 Nov 2018 and on/after 1 Dec 2018).","Cross‑references to multiple sections of the Conveyancers Act 2006 to determine which fee applies.","Rounding rule and annual Treasurer discretion to set fee‑unit value (administrative variability).","Decimal fee‑unit amounts require arithmetic and may increase bookkeeping complexity for payers."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set the dollar charges payable under the Conveyancers Act 2006 for licences, renewals, special permissions, late lodgements, exemptions and certified register copies. Most amounts are expressed as multiples of a statutory \"fee unit\" and converted to dollars using the Monetary Units Act 2004. \n\nApplicants, licence‑holders and companies pay the fees. The Treasurer fixes the fee‑unit value each year, so the Regulations fix unit multiples while annual dollar amounts change with the Treasurer’s published fee‑unit value."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the limited content available, there is no evidence of scope change from the original intent. The regulation appears to serve its stated purpose of prescribing fees under the conveyancing regulatory framework, consistent with what a fees regulation would ordinarily do. Insufficient content was provided to identify any substantive scope expansion or contraction."},"complexity_factors":["Regulations of this type are typically straightforward fee schedules with minimal interpretive ambiguity","The document provided contains almost no substantive legislative content — only metadata and version history — making meaningful analysis extremely limited","Fee regulations generally involve simple numerical tables rather than complex legal concepts","No apparent interaction with multiple other legislative frameworks based on available content"],"plain_english_summary":"## Conveyancers (Fees) Regulations 2018\n\nThis is a **Victorian regulation** that sets out the **fees** that conveyancers (professionals who handle property transfers and settlements) are permitted to charge or that apply to licensing and registration processes under the conveyancing regulatory system.\n\n**Who does this affect?**\n- Licensed conveyancers operating in Victoria\n- People buying or selling property who use a conveyancer\n- Regulatory bodies overseeing the conveyancing industry\n\n**Why does it matter?**\nIt provides a standardised fee schedule so that costs are transparent and consistent across the industry. Without regulations like this, fees could vary wildly or be set without any oversight.\n\n> ⚠️ **Note:** The document provided contains very little actual substantive content — it appears to be mostly structural/metadata information (version history, status labels) rather than the full text of the regulation. A complete analysis of specific fee amounts and categories is not possible from the content supplied."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of prescribing fees for the Conveyancers Act 2006. The scope has not expanded beyond fee-setting for licensing and regulatory services."},"complexity_factors":["Only 1 defined term ('the Act') in the interpretation section","Straightforward fee schedule structure with no nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond date-based transitions","Simple cross-referencing to the Conveyancers Act 2006 for context","Minimal length (14 regulations plus endnotes)","Clear tabular presentation of fee amounts with only two temporal periods to distinguish","Fee unit calculation methodology explained in endnotes rather than embedded in operative provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislation sets out the fees that conveyancers (property lawyers who handle the legal side of buying and selling real estate) must pay to the Victorian government for licences and other regulatory services.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Licence fees**: Sets costs for applying for and obtaining a conveyancer's licence, with different rates for individuals versus companies.\n- **Special permission fees**: Charges for applications where someone has a criminal record, is involved in a claim, or where a company seeks special permission to hold a licence.\n- **Annual fees**: Sets yearly renewal costs for keeping a licence active.\n- **Administrative fees**: Covers late payments, extensions of time, exemptions from appointing a manager, employing disqualified persons, and obtaining certified copies of the register.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Licensed conveyancers in Victoria (both individuals and companies)\n- People applying to become conveyancers\n- Companies seeking to operate conveyancing businesses\n\n**How fees work:**\nThe fees are calculated using \"fee units\" (a system where the government sets a dollar value per unit, which changes yearly with inflation). For example, if a fee is \"60 fee units\" and the fee unit value is $14.45, the actual cost is $867. The regulations specify different fee amounts for two periods: a transitional period (May-November 2018) and ongoing rates from December 2018 onwards.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis ensures conveyancers pay consistent, regulated fees for their professional registration, with costs indexed to inflation through the fee unit system rather than requiring new legislation every time prices change."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/conveyancers-fees-regulations-2018","history":"/api/acts/conveyancers-fees-regulations-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/conveyancers-fees-regulations-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/conveyancers-fees-regulations-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/conveyancers-fees-regulations-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/conveyancers-fees-regulations-2018/documents"}}