EC Support

Electronic Conveyancing fees

Lodgement Fees from 1 July 2009

Lodgement fees for Electronic Conveyancing (EC) transactions are lower than those charged in the paper-based system. A comparison of fees payable for transactions that can be lodged using EC or the paper-based system is tabled below.

Note: The transaction types tabled are the only transactions that can currently be lodged using EC.

Transaction Type	Paper Lodgement Fee	Electronic Lodgement Fee
Transfer on sale (other than a transfer on sale of one or more mortgages to or by an authorised deposit taking institution). Note: If there is more than one consideration, the highest one applies. The total fee is determined by rounding up to the next whole dollar.	$119.40 plus $2.46 for every whole $1,000 of the monetary consideration. Maximum fee: $1,350.00	$98.70 plus $2.46 for every whole $1,000 of the monetary consideration. Maximum fee: $1,329.00
Transfer other than a transfer on sale excluding the creation or surrender of an easement	$119.40	$98.70
Mortgage or charge	$98.00	$77.40
Application for recording of discharge of mortgage or charge wholly or partially	$98.00	$77.40
Caveat forbidding dealings with land or withdrawal of such a caveat wholly or in part	$67.90	$47.20

EC Fees and User Charges effective 1 July 2009

The following table outlines the EC fees and User Charges.

Fee	Amount	Description
Electronic Instrument Assurance Fund fee	$2.00 GST exclusive	Service fee to support the extension of State guarantee to cover Subscribers of the EC system and their clients.
Pre-population of Electronic Instrument fee	$8.95 GST exclusive	EC provides Subscribers relevant Title Register search information for the Volume/Folio number supplied by the user.
Title Activity Check fee	$1.13 GST inclusive	EC service that provides a title check to determine whether the information in the Title Register has changed since either pre-population of the Electronic Lodgement File (ELF) with the Title information or the last title activity check was performed by the Subscriber. (Note: the ELF may contain up to three title checks)
Financial Settlement fee	$24.75 GST inclusive	EC service that provides for the complete processing of electronic settlements through the Reserve Bank of Australia's Information Transfer System (RITS) using Financial Settlement Management.