117Certificate of correctness

#### 117 Certificate of correctness 117 Certificate of correctness > > (1) The Registrar-General may reject, or refuse to accept or to take any action in relation to, any primary application, dealing, caveat or priority notice unless it is certified as required by the conveyancing rules. > > > (2) The Registrar-General may reject, or refuse to accept or to take any action in relation to, any dealing accompanied by a notice under section 39(1B) unless it is certified as required by the conveyancing rules. > > > (3) (Repealed) > > > (4) A person must not falsely or negligently certify to the correctness of any application, dealing, caveat or notice referred to in this section. > > > > Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. > > > (5) The conviction of a person under subsection (4) does not prevent a person who may have sustained any damage or loss in consequence of an error or mistake in any such certified application, dealing or caveat from recovering damages against the person certifying. > > **s 117:** Am 1970 No 23, sec 15 (p); 1976 No 96, Sch 10 (7); 1979 No 164, Sch 17 (12); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2000 No 28, Sch 1 \[11\]; 2009 No 17, Sch 1 \[6\] \[7\]; 2009 No 71, Sch 1 \[2\]–\[4\]; 2010 No 46, Sch 10.1 \[2\]; 2014 No 7, Sch 1 \[16\]–\[18\]. Subst 2015 No 23, Sch 1.3. Am 2021 No 10, Sch 1.2\[10\].