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Intergovernmental Agreement

The basis of the regulatory framework for National Electronic Conveyancing in Australia is an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) entered into in 2011 by the governments of the six States and the Northern Territory and known as the Electronic Conveyancing National Law Agreement.

The IGA establishes ARNECC and sets out its objectives on behalf of the Registrars in each participating State and Territory as:

to provide advice on the National Electronic Conveyancing Law (ECNL) and any matters relating to National Electronic Conveyancing
to ensure that as far as practicable business practices with respect to National Electronic Conveyancing are consistent when implemented in each jurisdiction
to develop and maintain one national set each of Model Operating Requirements (MOR) and Model Participation Rules (MPR) to be implemented as Operating Requirements and Participations Rules respectively in each jurisdiction to facilitate National Electronic Conveyancing.

In accordance with the IGA, the Parties to the agreement are required to review the operation and terms of the IGA after seven years. The Review Scope and Governance Arrangements for the review are available below:

	Published
IGA Review Issues Paper	Feb 2019
Review Scope	Oct 2018
Governance Arrangements	Oct 2018
Intergovernmental Agreement This is the Electronic Conveyancing National Law Agreement entered into in 2011 by the six States and the Northern Territory to provide governance for the development, implementation and management of the regulatory framework for electronic conveyancing in Australia.	Aug 2012

The Australian Registrars' National Electronic Conveyancing Council (ARNECC) was formed in 2011 under the Inter-Governmental Agreement for an Electronic Conveyancing National Law (IGA) for the purposes of co-ordinating a national approach among the States and Territories to the regulation of an electronic environment for completing conveyancing transactions.