Land Valuers Licensing (Remuneration) Notice 2013 - 18 September 2013 The Minister for Commerce has approved the Land Valuers Licensing (Remuneration) Notice 2013 (the Notice) prescribing the maximum...
Release of fee deregulation position paper for consultation - 14 May 2014 The Commissioner for Consumer Protection, Anne Driscoll, has released a position paper proposing that government regulation...
$33,000 in fines for fake testimonials - 27 November 2013 The Department’s recent action against a motor vehicle repair company for publishing fake online testimonials is a timely reminder of the...
E-conveyancing is coming to Western Australia E-conveyancing - background The Council of Australian Governments agreed to deliver a National Electronic Conveyancing System (NECS) to the Australian...
The transition table outlines changes between the Interim Code of Fair Practice for Retirement Villages in the Fair Trading (Retirement Villages Interim Code) Regulations (No. 2) 2014 which expires...
Choosing a buyer’s agent when buying residential property While you are probably familiar with real estate agents who represent a seller in a real estate transaction, you may not be so familiar with...
5 September 2014 The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will soon be contacting business name holders, who have not renewed their business name registration, about its intention...
Regular bulletins are produced to keep Settlement agents up to date on any licence requirements, law updates, scam alerts or industry news. Please note Issue 6 has not been published and hence is not...
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10 October 2014: CPD reminder There are less than three months left to obtain your required points! The Compulsory Professional Development (CPD) program is part of the licensing framework that...
24 September 2014: The Department of Commerce is moving As of 30 September 2014, the Property Industries Directorate, as well as Bonds Administration, will be located at Gordon Stephenson House in...
5 September 2014: ASIC business names registration (September 2014) The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will soon be contacting business name holders, who have not renewed...
9 July 2014: Fee deregulation consultation closing – End of Consultation Period Approaching Please note: The consultation period has now closed. In May 2014 the Commissioner for Consumer Protection,...
2 July 2014: Agents restrained from operating and supervisors appointed Consumer Protection has been granted supervision orders by the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) to take control of two Perth...
4 August 2014: RCDs and smoke alarms Consumer Protection has updated previous best practice guidance information supplied to settlement agents regarding their obligations with respect to residual...
This Decision Regulatory Impact Statement (Decision RIS) has been prepared in compliance with the Western Australian Government’s requirement for Regulatory Impact Assessment on the proposed options...
Associations Incorporation Bill introduced into Parliament Consumer Protection is pleased to announce that on 11 September 2014 a Bill was introduced into the Western Australian Parliament to replace...