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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Define nature of property law
   • Source legislation, regulations and policies relevant to property law
   • Outline difference between real and personal property and make distinctions about their method of transfer
   • Identify titles of ownership and their legal implications
   • Identify types of mortgages, their legal implications, processes for obtaining and discharging them, and rights of mortgagees
2. Enhance professional practice through application of relevant principles of property law matters
   • Identify parties involved in buying and selling a property and their respective roles
   • Identify steps involved in buying and selling a property
3. Prepare documentation associated with property law matters, including costing
   • Obtain relevant documents from authorities and service providers
   • Ensure documentation associated with sale or purchase of property is prepared according to organisation’s policies and procedures
   • Determine types of costs in accordance with legislative and regulatory requirements for costing legal services
   • Draft leases according to instructions
   • Identify duties of lessor and lessee
   • Ensure documentation is reviewed and signed off by designated person
4. Facilitate file administration
   • Arrange meetings and conferences as appropriate
   • Register and lodge relevant documents with land titles and other relevant government agencies
   • Check documentation and maintain file according to organisation’s policies and procedures
   • Attend to post-settlement procedures