Updates to NSW e-conveyancing mandate

On 22 December 2020, the Registrar General announced that a further twenty-nine dealings would be mandated to be lodged electronically from 22 March 2021. These twenty-nine dealings are in addition to those which are already mandated. From March 22, 2021, the below dealings must be lodged electronically. This list does not include the previous dealing already mandated in July 2019.

• Notice of Death
• Consolidation/Change of By-laws
• Change of Name
• Change of Name of Lessee, Mortgagee or Chargee
• Change of Address of Owners Corporation
• Change of Name of Caveator
• Change of Address of Association
• Change of Address for Service of Notices of Caveator
• Transfer of Interest
• Transfer Severing Joint Tenancy in an Interest
• Transfer Severing Joint Tenancy
• Transfer Altering Tenancy (Joint Tenants to Tenants in Common in Equal Shares)
• Transfer Altering Tenancy (Tenants in Common in Equal Shares to Joint Tenants)
• Transfer Creating a Profit a Prendre
• Transfer Creating a Forestry Right
• Transfer Without Monetary Consideration
• Positive Covenant
• Positive Covenant (with Registered Interest Holder Consent)
• Positive Covenant Affecting Land Vested in a Prescribed Authority
• Restriction on the Use of Land by a Prescribed Authority
• Restriction on the Use of Land by a Prescribed Authority (with Registered Interest Holder Consent)
• Restriction on the Use of Land
• Restriction on the Use of Land (with Registered Interest Holder Consent)
• Restriction on the Use of Land Vested in a Prescribed Authority
• Variation of Mortgage
• Variation of Lease
• Charge
• Covenant Charge
• Discharge of Charge

If you have a Required Dealing in paper that was signed before 22 March 2021 you can still lodge it in paper. Under Rule 8.8.1 of the Conveyancing Rules, any Required dealing, not including Mainstream Dealings, that have been signed before 22 March 2021 can be lodged in paper any time. This includes any dealings lodged together with a prior dealing which was signed after 22 March 2021. For example, if a Variation of Lease was signed on 18 March 2021 and it was lodged as part of the same lodgment case with a Caveat that was dated 25 March 2021, both dealings can be lodged in paper.

InfoTrack offers end to end e-conveyancing for all our clients. All essential parts of the conveyancing process can now be done electronically through InfoTrack, including verification of identity, contracts, exchange, and settlement.

InfoTrack’s CEO John Ahern says, “We are proud to continually support the legal profession. We will continue to ensure our technology offers you the most recent solutions to new mandates. Our mission is to offer our clients secure and efficient digital solutions to service their own clients anywhere, at any time. We’ve been driving the transition to e-Conveyancing for 21 years. InfoTrack is Australia’s leading legal technology provider and will continue to stay at the forefront of industry changes, assisting the legal and conveyancing profession to successfully adopt award-winning, digital solutions.”

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