Before certifying an electronic instrument, the Conveyancing Professional must hold evidence in support of the matters stated in the certificate.
Learn about the key differences with legacy Landonline.
See also: Certify and sign.
Overview
- You can only certify and sign if you have the correct privileges.
- If your Digital Certificate hasn’t been renewed onto a 2-year certificate you won’t be able to certify and sign in New Landonline. You can continue to certify and sign in Legacy Landonline until you’re renewed onto the 2-year Digital Certificate. You can still view the certifications, but not actually certify.
- If you need signing privileges you can apply for certify and signing rights on the Change your details page. A valid practicing certificate is required.
- You can ask a Conveyancing Professional in your firm to certify and sign on your behalf.
- You can certify and sign on behalf of another Conveyancing Professional in your firm. You need to have sufficient knowledge of the dealing to make informed and accurate certifications.
- Primary Contacts have read-only access to the Certify & Sign page.
- Where relevant, the Conveyancing Professional will need to acknowledge that the tax information recorded in Landonline matches the information supplied in the signed paper statement.
- If a certified and signed instrument is reverted to draft so that edits can be made, it will then need to be re-certified and signed.
- Some instruments will continue to be certified and signed in Legacy Landonline when:
- there are images attached
- there is an Order for New Certificate of Title (OCTN)
- more than one Conveyancing Professional is associated with a role (for example, different lawyers acting for individuals who together comprise the transferor).
- We monitor the use of the Landonline system through our assurance activities. The Registrar-General of Land may revoke a practitioner’s authority to give certifications if they give a fraudulent certificate, give a certificate that is materially incorrect, or fail to comply with s 30 of the Land Transfer Act 2017. A breach of this nature would also contravene the lawyers’ Conduct and Client Care Rules and may result in disciplinary action through the Lawyers Complaints Service.
