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Land Title Act 2000
197GLegal practitioner and conveyancing agent must obtain
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197G Legal practitioner and conveyancing agent must obtain
authorisation
(1) A person commits an offence if:
Law (NT) on behalf of a party to the instrument; and
(c) the execution is not in accordance with a properly completed
client authorisation and the person is reckless in relation to
that result.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
Law (NT) on behalf of a party to the instrument in accordance
with a properly completed client authorisation; and
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(c) the person did not verify the identity of the party in accordance
with the verification of identity requirements and the person is
reckless in relation to that circumstance.
(3) A person commits an offence if:
Law (NT) on behalf of a party to the instrument in accordance
with a properly completed client authorisation; and
(c) the person did not verify the authority of the party, in
accordance with the verification of authority guidelines, to be a
party to the instrument authorised by or under the client
authorisation and the person is reckless in relation to that
circumstance.
(4) Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(a), (2)(a) and (3)(a).
(5) This section does not apply to a legal practitioner or conveyancing
agent:
(a) who executes a caveat as agent of a caveator otherwise than
under a client authorisation; or
(b) in other circumstances prescribed by regulation.