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is application legible evidence of your identity such as a copy of your driver licence, photo card,
passport, birth certificate or change of name certificate.
4. BUSINESS ADDRESS
If a licensee is conducting a conveyancing business for fee or reward, the business must be conducted from an
address located within New South Wales.
Street address at which you intend to be employed or conduct your own conveyancing business:
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__________________________________________________________ Postcode: _______________
Telephone Number: ___________________________ Mobile Number: ________________________
5. BUSINESS NAME
If you own the conveyancing business that will be carried on at the above-specified address and that
business will be carried on under a business name, you must attach to this application a copy of a
document issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that confirms you are the
business name holder.
A business name will only be added to your licence record if this document has been provided.
6. PARTNERSHIP AND / OR SHARING OF RECEIPTS DETAILS
A licensee must not be in partnership or share receipts with another person unless:
• the other person is a licensee, or
• the partnership and/ or sharing of receipts with that other person is approved by the Commissioner
and does not contravene the provisions of the Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003 or regulation.
If you intend to perform conveyancing work in partnership with another person whether the person is
licensed or not, or if you intend to share receipts with an unlicensed
person, you must complete the
Partnership / Sharing of Receipts Application / Notification which is also alavailable on the Fair
Trading website.
7. QUALIFICATIONS
The approved qualifications, training and experience required for the grant of a conveyancer’s licence is set out in
the Conveyancers Licensing Order 2006. More information about the qualifications is contained in the
accompanying “Licence Application Guidelines”.
You must provide with this application evidence of your qualifications AND a letter from your supervising
conveyancer(s) and / or supervising solicitor(s) stating:
• the nature of the conveyancing duties that you have undertaken while under their supervision;
• the number of hours per week that you received supervised practical training and experience; and
• the number of weeks / months / years that you received supervised practical training and experience.
Note: You do not have to provide this information if you are applying under mutual recognition legislation.
8. PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE
The Conveyancers Licensing Regulation 2015 requires a conveyancer licensee, when carrying out
conveyancing work, to be insured under an approved policy of professional indemnity insurance in force
with respect to the licensee or his or her employer. It is a condition of a licence that the holder of the
licence be insured as required.
Refer to the accompanying “Licence Application Guidelines” for information on what is an approved
policy of professional indemnity insurance.