Register of Licensed Conveyancers

In force

(1)

The Authority must establish and maintain a register to be called the Register of Licensed Conveyancers.

S. 178(1A) inserted by No. 17/2007 s. 27(1).

(1A)

The purposes of the Register are—

(a)

to record information about persons regulated by this Act;

(b)

to record decisions by the Authority made under this Act;

(c)

to make the information collected for the purposes of the Register available to the public;

(d)

to enable the Director and the Authority to provide information to licensees and persons affected by this Act.

(2)

The Authority must record in the Register the following information in respect of each licensee—

(a)

the licensee's full name and licence number;

(b)

the name and address of the principal place of the licensee's conveyancing business in Victoria;

(c)

the licensee's Australian Business Number;

(d)

the date on which the licensee's licence was granted and, if applicable, suspended, cancelled or surrendered;

(e)

details of any conditions to which the licence is subject;

(f)

details of any court or VCAT orders affecting the licence of which the Authority has notice;

(g)

details of any claims against the Fund that have been allowed in respect of the licensee;

(h)

if the licensee maintains an Internet site in respect of the licensee's conveyancing business, the address for that Internet site;

(i)

if the licensee is a company, the name and date of appointment of each director of the company;

(j)

if the licensee conducts a conveyancing business from more than one place—

(i)

the address of each other place at which the business is conducted; and

S. 178(2)(j)(ii) amended by No. 17/2007 s. 27(2).

(ii)

the full name of the person appointed under section 51(2) for each of those places;

(k)

if the licensee is an employee of another licensee, the name and business address of the licensee's employer;

(l)

if the licensee employs one or more other licensees, the name and date of commencement of employment of each of those other licensees;

(m)

details of any other prescribed matter.

(3)

The Authority must also record the following information in the Register—

(a)

details of each application for a licence within the last 2 years in respect of which the Authority refused to grant a licence;

(b)

details of any other prescribed matter.

S. 178(3A) inserted by No. 17/2007 s. 27(3).

(3A)

The Authority must record in the Register a determination made under this Act.

S. 178(4) substituted by No. 17/2007 s. 27(4).

(4)

A person may—

(a)

search and take a copy of an extract from, or a copy of, the Register; and

(b)

on the payment of the relevant prescribed fee, obtain a certified extract from, or a certified copy of, the Register.

(5)

Subject to the Public Records Act 1973, the Registrar may remove information from the Register if—

(a)

the information has been on the Register for at least 12 years; and

(b)

in the opinion of the Registrar, it is no longer necessary for the information to remain on the Register.

S. 178(6) inserted by No. 17/2007 s. 27(5).

(6)

Subject to section 17A of the Business Licensing Authority Act 1998, the Authority may keep the Register in any form that it thinks fit.

Regulations

This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed matter, prescribed fee). Made under this Act:

Conveyancers (Fees) Regulations 2018 · under section 188
Conveyancers (Professional Conduct) Regulations 2018 · under section 188
Conveyancers (Qualifications and Experience) Regulations 2018 · under section 188

1 more instrument made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.

This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech

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