Electronic Conveyancing Act 2014

ARNECC means the Australian Registrars’ National Electronic Conveyancing Council established by the Intergovernmental Agreement;

associated financial transaction means a transaction of a financial nature that is associated with a conveyancing transaction;

Examples for this definition:

1. The payment of the purchase price for the sale and purchase of an interest in land.

2. The advancing of money in return for the granting of a mortgage or charge over an interest in land.

3. The payment of any tax, duty (for example, stamp duty), fee or charge payable in respect of the conveyancing transaction.

Authority means the Western Australian Land Information Authority established by the Land Information Authority Act 2006 section 5;

client authorisation has the meaning given in section 10;

Commissioner means the Commissioner of Titles under the Transfer of Land Act 1893 section 5;

compliance examination has the meaning given in section 33;

conveyancing transaction means a transaction that involves one or more parties and the purpose of which is —

corresponding law —

digitally sign, in relation to an electronic communication or a document, means create a digital signature for the communication or document;

digital signature means encrypted electronic data intended for the exclusive use of a particular person as a means of identifying that person as the sender of an electronic communication or the signer of a document;

Electronic Conveyancing National Law or ECNL means the law set out in the Appendix to the Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012 (NSW) as that Appendix is in force from time to time;

ELN means Electronic Lodgment Network — see section 13;

ELNO means Electronic Lodgment Network Operator — see section 15;

Intergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement for a National Electronic Conveyancing Law between the State of New South Wales, the State of Victoria, the State of Queensland, the State of Western Australia, the State of South Australia, the State of Tasmania and the Northern Territory of Australia, that came into operation on 21 November 2011 and as in force from time to time;

jurisdiction means State;

land titles legislation —

and

and

and

law, in relation to a Territory, means a law of, or in force in, that Territory;

law of this jurisdiction includes the principles and rules of common law and equity to the extent that they have effect in this jurisdiction from time to time;

lodge includes deposit, present and file;

operating requirements means the requirements determined under section 22;

participating jurisdiction means a jurisdiction that is a party to the Intergovernmental Agreement and in which —

participation agreement, in relation to an ELN, means —

participation rules means the rules determined under section 23;

Registrar means the Registrar of Titles under the Transfer of Land Act 1893 section 7;

registry instrument means —

or

responsible tribunal means the State Administrative Tribunal established under the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004;

State includes a Territory;

subscriber means a person who is authorised under a participation agreement to use an ELN to complete conveyancing transactions on behalf of another person or on their own behalf;

Territory means the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory of Australia;

this jurisdiction means the State of Western Australia;

titles register means —

[Section 3 amended: No. 32 of 2018 s. 208.]