12EConveyancing rules

12E Conveyancing rules

12E Conveyancing rules

(1) Making of conveyancing rules The Registrar-General may from time to time determine, in writing, rules for or with respect to the preparation and lodgment of documents to give effect to conveyancing transactions (the conveyancing rules), including rules for or with respect to the following—

(a) the verification of identity and authority, including—

(i) the standards to which identity and authority are to be verified, and

(ii) the classes of persons in respect of whom identity and authority are to be verified, and

(iii) the classes of documents in relation to which verification of identity and authority requirements apply, and

(iv) the classes of persons who can undertake verification of identity and authority, and

(v) any supporting evidence and retention requirements,

(b) client authorisations, including—

(i) the form of a client authorisation, and

(ii) the classes of documents to which a client authorisation applies, and

(iii) any supporting evidence and retention requirements,

(c) matters to be certified, or relating to the certification of matters, for the purposes of documents, including—

(i) the form of certifications, and

(ii) the classes of persons who may certify those matters, and

(iii) any supporting evidence and retention requirements,

(d) the retention of documents supporting or authenticating documents generally, including periods of retention,

(e) the classes of conveyancing transactions that must be lodged electronically,

(f) the obligations of persons lodging documents (including warranties and representations),

(g) the execution and attestation of documents that give effect to conveyancing transactions (including providing for certification, authentication or other alternatives to execution or attestation to prove or establish such transactions),