Registered Conveyancer

REGISTERED CONVEYANCER

A registered Conveyancer is;

• A candidate who qualifies as a Registered Conveyancer by successfully completing the Diploma of Conveyancing; or
• A candidate who has attained the appropriate Equivalency Assessment Certificate from the NZ Society of Conveyancers (see below) confirming that their prior conveyancing experience and training meets the specifications of the Diploma of Conveyancing.

Criteria for registration as a Registered Conveyancer:

The candidate must -

1. Meet the educational requirements set by the NZSOC as below.
2. Be a fit and proper person to be registered as a registered conveyancer (as defined by s83 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act).
3. Pay the applicable fee.

Educational Requirements

You must:

• Hold a NZ Diploma of Conveyancing or
• Hold a Equivalency Assessment certificate (as below), issued by the NZSOC whereby qualifications, training or experience is the equivalent to the requirements of the Diploma of Conveyancing.

Registered Conveyancer by Equivalency Assessment

1. Candidates who are:

• qualified as a legal executive or lawyer, and can
• demonstrate that they have in excess of 5 years conveyancing experience

Conveyancing Experience means any 1 or more of the following:

• Conveyancing work in the office of a conveyancing practitioner in sole practice, a partnership of conveyancing practitioners, or an incorporated conveyancing firm.
• Conveyancing work in the office of a lawyer in sole practice, a partnership of lawyers, or an incorporated law firm.
• Conveyancing work in any State service (as defined in section 2 of the State Sector Act 1988).
• Conveyancing work in the office of a local authority.
• Conveyancing work as an employee of a company or other body (whether incorporated or unincorporated)

2. Candidates who are eligible to apply to be Registered Conveyancer by equivalency assessment. Please read through our guide for equivalency assessment applicants.

Candidates may apply to the NZ Society of Conveyancers for an equivalency assessment to determine the extent to which the person’s qualifications, training, or experience (or any combination of them) is the equivalent of the specifications for NZ Diploma of Conveyancing.

The Equivalency Assessment application must be accompanied by a full CV, an Experience Portfolio, evidence of the applicant's qualifications and training, references, police check, a statutory declaration that the applicant is the person named in the documents submitted, and that the documents are true, complete and correct, along with payment of the non-refundable application fee. See our application form for further info. If you have any concerns/difficulty in providing redacted files then please contact the Society.

The NZ Society of Conveyancers or an approved provider will notify the applicant of any additional training or study required in order to obtain full equivalency, and the candidate will have 3 years to complete any further training or study required by that assessment.

The Society may impose any conditions on a grant of registration that it considers appropriate in the circumstances. Successful applicants will be issued with a Registered Conveyancer certificate (renewed annually in June).

Please note: it is an offence for anyone other than a Registered Conveyancer approved by the NZ Society of Conveyancers to describe themself as a Conveyancing Practitioner.

Registration & Certification Rules

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