Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A person who is not a licensee must not carry on a conveyancing business.
Penalty: For a natural person, imprisonment for a period of 2 years or 240 penalty units;
For a corporation, 1200 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is—
(a) an Australian legal practitioner; or
(b) an incorporated legal practice if the conveyancing work is carried out on its behalf by an Australian legal practitioner.
(3) In any proceedings against a person for an offence against subsection (1), it is evidence of the offence if a person who is not a licensee—
(a) has possession of a licence; or
(b) represents himself or herself as the holder of a licence.
(4) A person is not entitled to recover any amount in respect of anything the person did in contravention of subsection (1).
(5) A person may recover from another person in a court of competent jurisdiction, as a debt due to the person, any amount the person paid to the other person in respect of anything the other person did in contravention of subsection (1).