Insurables — Australian business risk, sourced and dated

Conveyancers: professional indemnity requirements in Australian Capital Territory

Cover for legal liability arising from professional advice or services, written on a claims-made basis.

Data as at

Verified for Australian Capital Territory

  • Licence liability condition: Not applicable. With no conveyancer licence class in the ACT there is no licence for an insurance condition to attach to. ACT · effective 2026-08-24 Australian Capital Territory Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licence evidence required: Not applicable. No conveyancer licence exists in the ACT. ACT · effective 2026-08-24 Australian Capital Territory Government · 2026-08-24
  • Licensing body: Conveyancing is not a separately licensed occupation in the ACT. The Agents Act 2003 licenses real estate agents and stock and station agents; the word conveyancing does not appear anywhere in it. There is no ACT Conveyancers Act. The repealed Conveyancing Act 1919 was property law rather than an occupational licensing scheme, and its subject matter now sits in the Civil Law (Property) Act 2006. ACT · effective 2026-08-24 Australian Capital Territory Government · 2026-08-24

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

What this cover costs

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