{"id":1052,"date":"2014-07-17T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.findingsimple.com\/au\/resources\/resource\/property-settlement-goes-digital-everything-need-know-conveyancing-reforms\/"},"modified":"2020-06-03T12:32:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T12:32:17","slug":"property-settlement-goes-digital-everything-need-know-conveyancing-reforms","status":"publish","type":"insight_resource","link":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com.au\/legal\/resources\/resource\/property-settlement-goes-digital-everything-need-know-conveyancing-reforms","title":{"rendered":"Property Settlement Goes Digital: Conveyancing Reforms [Guide]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro-paragraph\">e-Conveyancing: \u201cThis is the biggest reform to our industry since the introduction of the Torrens system, more than 150 years ago,\u201d &#8211; Jeff Stevens, National President, The Australian Institute of Conveyancers.<\/p>\n<p>On 26 February 2013, Victoria passed the Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2013. Since then, there\u2019s been a legislation \u2018Mexican wave\u2019 across the country, as states and territories rush to pass their own acts. This concluded with Western Australia proclaiming its law in April 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In this free guide, we review the history and development of Australian conveyancing and outline how practitioners can get involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">Table of contents:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>History in the making\n<ul>\n<li>The Torrens title principles<\/li>\n<li>A timeline of e-Conveyancing in Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The law behind the change\n<ul>\n<li>Following the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) lead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Spreading the word<\/li>\n<li>PEXA &#8211; building the network backbone of the \u201chub\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Trialling e-Conveyancing<\/li>\n<li>Benefits of engaging in e-Conveyancing<\/li>\n<li>Five steps to join PEXA<\/li>\n<li>The PEXA process<\/li>\n<li>Risk minimisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>e Conveyancing. \u201cThis is the biggest reform to our industry since the introduction of the Torrens system, more than 150 years ago,\u201d &#8211; Jeff Stevens, national president of the Australian Institute of Conveyancers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1054,"template":"","categories":[648,625],"tags":[144,199,444],"resource_type":[596],"insight_job_role":[628],"insight_practice_area":[621],"class_list":["entry","author-legaladmin","has-excerpt","post-1052","insight_resource","type-insight_resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","category-legislation-and-case-law","category-research-and-know-how","tag-conveyancers","tag-e-conveyancing","tag-property-settlement","resource_type-guide","insight_job_role-solicitor","insight_practice_area-property-law","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Property Settlement Goes Digital: Conveyancing Reforms (Guide)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On 26 February &#039;13, Victoria passed the Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2013. 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