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Qualifications and Eligibility

Prescribed qualifications

Applicants must satisfy one of the following requirements in order to obtain or renew a licence:

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Experience

Applicants must have 2 years full-time practical experience, or periods of part time practical experience which total 2 years in conveyancing work gained in a licensed conveyancer's office or a law practice within the meaning of the Legal Profession Act 2007 or any business or government department or government agency where conveyancing work is regularly undertaken.

This experience must be gained:

  • within the 3 years immediately preceding the day on which the application for a licence is lodged with the Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading
  • May be gained wholly or partly in Tasmania or in any other State or Territory.

Competency

A conveyancer must:

  • serve clients to the best of their ability at all times
  • complete work in a competent and timely manner.

Section 12 of the Conveyancing Regulations 2015 provide the legislative requirements for the practicing of conveyancing in Tasmania.

Eligibility

To be eligible to hold a licence you must not:

  • be an undischarged bankrupt or have made an arrangement which creditors that has not been carried out (please see checklist for requirements) and
  • be disqualified from acting as a legal practitioner under the Legal Profession Act 2007 and
  • hold a licence under the Property Agents and Land Transactions Act 2016 (please see checklist for requirements or
  • have (within the preceding 5 years) been convicted in Tasmania or elsewhere of an indictable offence and sentenced to:
    • imprisonment for a term of terms in the aggregate of 3 years or more or
    • a period of detention for 3 years or more under a restriction order made under section 75(1)(e) of the Sentencing Act 1997 or an equivalent order made in any jurisdiction outside Tasmania.

The Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading may also refuse to grant a licence if satisfied that you:

  • are not a fit and proper person to hold a licence having regard to your National Police Criminal History record or
  • have been convicted of a prescribed offence or
  • are the holder of a licence:
    • there would be grounds for disciplinary action or
    • there would be grounds for suspension or cancellation of the licence.

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Last updated: 25 Jul 2023

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