Elements and Performance Criteria
- Interpret regulations for property agency trust accounts.
- Identify property industry operations for which trust accounts are required.
- Interpret relevant legislation regulating property agency trust accounts.
- Identify and analyse suitable systems for property agency trust accounts to meet legislative requirements.
- Identify and outline legislative requirements for opening and closing trust accounts.
- Interpret relevant legislation regulating property agency trust accounts.
- Identify and analyse suitable systems for property agency trust accounts to meet legislative requirements.
- Identify and outline legislative requirements for opening and closing trust accounts.
- Develop risk management plans.
- Develop strategies to monitor and control risks associated with operating a trust account.
- Develop plan to evaluate effectiveness of controls.
- Identify and plan controls for fraudulent activities associated with real estate trust accounts.
- Implement systems to control property agency trust accounts.
- Establish documented systems for authorisation and delegation of trust account responsibilities according to legislative requirements.
- Ensure trust account procedures and protocols are communicated to, and applied by, agency staff.
- Apply recognised bookkeeping principles to trust account management.
- Establish internal and external audit schedule.
- Review controls and security arrangements for trust accounts.
- Authorise and verify trust accounts.