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The following information provides links to the external websites of key stakeholders, industry regulators, profession associations and service providers involved in or likely to be involved in the development and implementation of electronic conveyancing in Australia.
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National, State and Territory legal practitioner societies
National, State and Territory conveyancer institutes
National and major regional banks and other financial institutions
Finance Industry Associations
Information Brokers and Law Stationers
Electronic Financial Settlement Service Providers
Regulatory Authorities
Suppliers of Digital Signature Certificates
Suppliers of Identity Verification Services
International Implementations and Projects
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These administrations are at the forefront of promoting the development of electronic conveyancing in Australia.
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines
SA Department of Administrative and Information Services
Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water & Environment
Victorian Department of Sustainability & Environment
WA Department of Land Information
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These plans provide details of each jurisdiction’s preparations for electronic conveyancing
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These agencies, as tax and duty collectors from property transactions and ownership, are also key stakeholders in electronic conveyancing
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These organisations represent legal practitioners in each of the jurisdictions and are key stakeholders in electronic conveyancing
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These organisations finance mortgages and are key stakeholders in electronic conveyancing
A full list of banks is available at the Aust. Bankers’ Association site at http://www.bankers.asn.au/default.aspx?FolderID=3.
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These organisations provide a range of electronic and manual search and transaction services to the conveyancing industry and are key stakeholders in electronic conveyancing.
Information brokers are currently licensed by each State and Territory administration to provide title and other search services from the jurisdiction’s register of land titles.
Current listings of the information brokers licensed in each jurisdiction are available at the following sites:
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- Reserve Bank of Australia provides the systems and facilities for settlement of financial transactions between banks
http://www.rba.gov.au/
A description of the key features of the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System (RITS) is available at http://www.rba.gov.au/PaymentsSystem/rba_payment_operations.html.
- SFE Corporation Ltd is one of two securities settlement system service providers accredited by the RBA to access its Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) http://www.sfe.com.au/
- Australian Stock Exchange Ltd is one of two securities settlement system service providers accredited by the RBA to access its Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS)
http://www.asx.com.au/
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These national organisations have regulatory responsibilities that may determine key aspects of electronic conveyancing.
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ensures compliance with Commonwealth competition, fair trading and consumer protection laws and regulates national infrastructure services http://www.accc.gov.au/
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Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) assures compliance of financial services industry with minimum prudential requirements http://www.apra.gov.au/
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Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regulates corporations, licenses financial advisers and assures compliance of financial services industry participants http://www.asic.gov.au/
- Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) oversees compliance with financial transaction reporting requirements and implements anti-money laundering reforms
http://www.austrac.gov.au/
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In October 2005 AGIMO released a draft of proposed improvements in the Gatekeeper compliance framework for digital signature certificate products and services. The media release announcing the proposed improvements is available at http://www.agimo.gov.au/media/2005/october/46168.html and the report of the proposed improvements is available at http://www.agimo.gov.au/infrastructure/gatekeeper.
In December 2005 AGIMO published a discussion paper on an authentication framework for individuals. The media release announcing the consultation is available at http://www.agimo.gov.au/media/2005/december/46809.html and the discussion paper is available at http://www.agimo.gov.au/infrastructure/authentication/agaf_consultation.
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These organisations are accredited as Registration Authorities by AGIMO under the Gatekeeper compliance framework to verify identities prior to the issue of digital signature certificates by an accredited Certification Authority.
- Verisign Australia Pty Ltd
http://www.agimo.gov.au/infrastructure/gatekeeper/accredited/verisign
http://www.verisign.com.au/gatekeeper/
- Australian Taxation Office (Tax PKI)
http://www.agimo.gov.au/infrastructure/gatekeeper/accredited/australian_taxation_office
http://ato.gov.au/onlineservices/content.asp?doc=/content/29410.htm&page=2#H7
- ANZ Banking Group Limited
http://www.agimo.gov.au/infrastructure/gatekeeper/accredited/anz
http://www.anz.com/trustcentre/ANZTrustCentreSecureSite.asp
http://www.agimo.gov.au/infrastructure/gatekeeper/accredited/australia_post
http://www.auspost.com.au/IXP/0,1083,CH2183%257EMO19,00.html
- Health eSignature Authority Pty Ltd (Health PKI)
http://www.agimo.gov.au/infrastructure/gatekeeper/accredited/hesa
http://www.hesa.com.au/
Details of organisations accredited by AGIMO to provide Registration Authority and/or Certification Authority services under the Gatekeeper compliance framework are available at
http://www.agimo.gov.au/infrastructure/gatekeeper/accredited.
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- Teranet (Ontario, Canada)
- a mandatory electronic lodgment facility for digital instruments, provided by a joint venture between the provincial government of Ontario and a private sector service supplier
http://www.teranet.ca/services/realestate.html
BC Online (British Columbia, Canada)
- an optional electronic lodgment facility for digital instruments, provided by a private sector contractor
https://www.bconline.gov.bc.ca/remote_law.html
Landonline (New Zealand)
- an optional electronic lodgment facility for digital instruments, provided by government
http://www.landonline.govt.nz/
Land Registry (England & Wales)
- an optional electronic lodgment facility for digital discharge of mortgages as the first stage of a fully electronic conveyancing system, provided by government
http://www.landreg.gov.uk/e-conveyancing/
ARTL (Scotland)
- an optional electronic lodgment and automated registration facility for digital instruments, provided by government
http://www.ros.gov.uk/artl/index.html
EAS (Ireland)
an optional electronic pre-lodgment facility for paper forms, provided by government
http://www.landregistry.ie
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a not-for-profit collaboration of banks and other financial service industry participants to develop common data transfer standards
http://www.lixi.org.au/
Anti-Money Laundering Reform
a Commonwealth Government initiative to tighten up identity verification procedures in financial transactions
http://www.ag.gov.au/aml
Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC)
uniform legislation in each State and Territory regulating the provision of credit including mortgages
http://www.creditcode.gov.au/
In August 2005 the Consumer Affairs Ministerial Council approved of amendments to the Uniform Consumer Credit Code enabling electronic mortgages and a draft Bill to amend the UCCC is due before the Queensland Parliament shortly. Details of the amendments are available at http://www.creditcode.gov.au/display.asp?file=/content/whatsnew.htm#ecommerce.
Note: The National Office accepts no responsibility for the information obtained or inferred from those sites nor for any consequences arising from any use of that information.
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