NECS - National Project Team held May 08

The NECS National Project Team meeting held The Stakeholder Working Group meeting followed a decision last November by the National Steering Committee of industry and jurisdiction representatives to establish a National Project Team (NPT). The NPT will be made up of industry and government specialists to advise on the key features and functions of NECS and its supporting business practices. Each of the team members will be encouraged to establish forums and networks of others in their industry sector interested in contributing to the detailed design of NECS. The representative of the State and Territory land registries will work closely with the existing State Project Teams in bringing forward detailed advice and recommendations for consideration by all the representatives on the team. In this way, the detail of NECS and its business practices ultimately endorsed by the National Steering Committee will be fully supported by all key stakeholder groups. The team is expected to start work early in May on confirming and further detailing the definition of NECS and its supporting business practices.

The co-operative creation of the National Project Team and the widespread support for the national process evident at the open meeting of stakeholders marks another important milestone for NECS. Endorsement of a single national electronic conveyancing system In a News Release dated 27 March 2008 the Commonwealth Attorney General, The Hon Robert McClelland MP reported on the meeting of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) that day where electronic conveyancing was on the agenda. Mr McClelland noted that he had used the SCAG meeting to secure the commitment of all jurisdictions to the concept of a single national electronic conveyancing system. The concept has also received support from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). “We will now work to develop an appropriate corporate structure for moving a national electronic conveyancing system forward,” Mr McClelland said.