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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

New Zealand Society of Conveyancers - Powers

82: Rules for registration of conveyancers

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The New Zealand Society of Conveyancers has rules for registering conveyancers. You must meet certain criteria to be registered as a conveyancer. The rules say what these criteria are. The rules also cover things like postponing or refusing registration. They say how to impose conditions on a registration. You have to pay fees for registration and applications. The rules make sure the register is correct and open to the public. They help ensure conveyancers are qualified to work in New Zealand. The rules can recognise foreign qualifications and experience. The New Zealand Society of Conveyancers can appoint officers and committees. They can prescribe forms and delegate functions. You can appeal against decisions made under the rules. The rules are secondary legislation, which means they have to be published in a certain way, as outlined in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 5New Zealand Society of Conveyancers
Powers

82Rules for registration of conveyancers

  1. The New Zealand Society of Conveyancers must have, under section 81(2)(a), rules providing for the registration of conveyancers.

  2. The rules must—

  3. prescribe the criteria to be met by candidates for registration as conveyancers:
    1. provide not only for the grant of registration but also for the postponement or refusal of registration:
      1. provide for the imposition of conditions on a grant of registration:
        1. provide for the cancellation or suspension of registration:
          1. prescribe the fees payable in respect of registration and applications for registration:
            1. provide for the amendment of the register if a person has been wrongfully registered or the particulars appearing in the register in relation to any person are incorrect:
              1. provide for the register to be open to public inspection, at all reasonable times, without fee.

                1. The rules must,—

                2. for the purpose of ensuring that those granted registration as conveyancers are qualified to provide conveyancing services in New Zealand, provide educational criteria to be met by candidates for registration as conveyancers; and
                  1. for the purpose of ensuring that foreign qualifications, registration, and experience can be taken into account, provide for, or include mechanisms providing for, the recognition of foreign qualifications, registration, and experience.

                    1. The rules may—

                    2. provide for the appointment of officers and committees and other bodies, and define their functions and powers:
                      1. prescribe conditions subject to which registration may be granted:
                        1. prescribe forms:
                          1. provide for the delegation of functions, duties, and powers:
                            1. confer rights of appeal against any decision or determination made, or any requirement or condition imposed, under the rules.

                              1. The rules are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                              Notes
                              • Section 82(5): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).