Supervision requirements for conveyancers

Do you agree with mandatory supervision requirements for conveyancers in South Australia?


What's being decided?

Conveyancers perform a critical role in real estate transactions, ensuring legal compliance for people during transfers of property from the current owner to the new owner.

Conveyancers must meet qualification requirements under the Conveyancers Act 1994 to register to work in South Australia, however there are no mandatory requirements for supervised practical work experience for newly registered conveyancers.

The absence of minimum experience requirements may increase the risk of consumer harm and regulatory non-compliance. Reputational damage can also be caused if industry standards are perceived to be inconsistent and/or inadequate

We’re seeking feedback from conveyancing students, practising conveyancers, the real estate industry and members of the public to evaluate the feasibility of introducing mandatory full-time supervised experience of two years prior to unrestricted registration as a conveyancer.

There are two survey options, one for students and people working in the industry and one for members of the public.


Background

The Conveyancers Act 1994 and supporting regulations set requirements for conveyancers to be registered, aiming to protect South Australians who use conveyancing services.

The legislation does not currently require any practical experience or supervision for professionals to be eligible for registration. This is inconsistent with some other Australian states and territories as outlined in the discussion paper.

We are seeking stakeholder opinions about possible changes that would make supervised work experience mandatory prior to unrestricted registration.

We’re exploring options that would offer flexible supervision options to support newly registered conveyancers navigating the industry and future-proof the profession to ensure practitioners remain updated with legal, practical and technological changes for the benefit of South Australians.


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Submissions (including name and address details) may be made publicly available. If you do not wish for your submission - or any part of your submission – to be made public, please mark it ‘Confidential – not for publication’ and provide your reasons for this.

Unless a request for confidentiality is made, information contained in any submission may be referred to publicly or published. Any material identified as ‘confidential’ is still subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1991. Efforts will be made to keep the material confidential, however in some circumstances, it may be disclosed under the Act. Where disclosure of information may identify you, reasonable attempts will be made to consult with you under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 before the documents are disclosed.


What are the next steps?

We will consider your feedback about the possible changes and provide a report to the Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs.

An update will be provided on this website.

Do you agree with mandatory supervision requirements for conveyancers in South Australia?


What's being decided?

Conveyancers perform a critical role in real estate transactions, ensuring legal compliance for people during transfers of property from the current owner to the new owner.

Conveyancers must meet qualification requirements under the Conveyancers Act 1994 to register to work in South Australia, however there are no mandatory requirements for supervised practical work experience for newly registered conveyancers.

The absence of minimum experience requirements may increase the risk of consumer harm and regulatory non-compliance. Reputational damage can also be caused if industry standards are perceived to be inconsistent and/or inadequate

We’re seeking feedback from conveyancing students, practising conveyancers, the real estate industry and members of the public to evaluate the feasibility of introducing mandatory full-time supervised experience of two years prior to unrestricted registration as a conveyancer.

There are two survey options, one for students and people working in the industry and one for members of the public.


Background

The Conveyancers Act 1994 and supporting regulations set requirements for conveyancers to be registered, aiming to protect South Australians who use conveyancing services.

The legislation does not currently require any practical experience or supervision for professionals to be eligible for registration. This is inconsistent with some other Australian states and territories as outlined in the discussion paper.

We are seeking stakeholder opinions about possible changes that would make supervised work experience mandatory prior to unrestricted registration.

We’re exploring options that would offer flexible supervision options to support newly registered conveyancers navigating the industry and future-proof the profession to ensure practitioners remain updated with legal, practical and technological changes for the benefit of South Australians.


Get involved

Find out more:

Have your say by:

Submissions (including name and address details) may be made publicly available. If you do not wish for your submission - or any part of your submission – to be made public, please mark it ‘Confidential – not for publication’ and provide your reasons for this.

Unless a request for confidentiality is made, information contained in any submission may be referred to publicly or published. Any material identified as ‘confidential’ is still subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1991. Efforts will be made to keep the material confidential, however in some circumstances, it may be disclosed under the Act. Where disclosure of information may identify you, reasonable attempts will be made to consult with you under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 before the documents are disclosed.


What are the next steps?

We will consider your feedback about the possible changes and provide a report to the Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs.

An update will be provided on this website.

  • Survey for industry, training providers and students

    Share your feedback about whether there should be mandatory minimum work experience and supervision requirements before a person can be registered as a conveyancer.

    You can learn more about proposed changes by reading the discussion paper.

    The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete, depending on your responses.

    You do not have to answer all the questions, but the questions that are compulsory are marked with an asterisk (*).

    Alternatively, you can respond to relevant questions in the discussion paper by emailing your feedback to CBSReforms@sa.gov.au.

    Take Survey

  • Survey for general public

    This survey is for people who don't work in the conveyancing industry and are not studying in the field.

    Share your feedback about whether there should be mandatory minimum work experience and supervision requirements before a person can be registered as a conveyancer.

    You can learn more about proposed changes by reading the discussion paper.

    The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete, depending on your responses. 

    You do not have to answer all the questions, but the questions that are compulsory are marked with an asterisk (*).

    Alternatively, you can respond to relevant questions in the discussion paper by emailing your feedback to CBSReforms@sa.gov.au.

    Take Survey
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