Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTRONIC CONVEYANCING ACT 2014 - SECT 6

6 .         Purpose

        (1)         The purpose of this Act is to provide for electronic conveyancing in Western Australia by enacting provisions that correspond to the Electronic Conveyancing National Law and in that way achieve the object of that Law.

        (2)         The object of the Electronic Conveyancing National Law is to promote efficiency throughout Australia in property conveyancing by providing a common legal framework that —

            (a)         enables documents in electronic form to be lodged and processed under the land titles legislation of each participating jurisdiction; but

            (b)         does not derogate from the fundamental principles of the Torrens system of land title as incorporated in the land titles legislation of each participating jurisdiction, such as indefeasibility of title.