Course Title: Prepare and/or analyse and execute documents
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2012
Course Code: LAW5169C
Course Title: Prepare and/or analyse and execute documents
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5180 - Diploma of Financial Services (Conveyancing)
Course Contact : Paul Ryan
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5466
Course Contact Email:paul.ryan@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Paul Ryan
Building 108, 239 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 3000 - Level 10 - Room 02
Telephone 9925 5466
email:paul.ryan@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 100
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit describes the function associated with the analysis and / or preparation and execution of conveyancing documentation. This module covers duties of care owed by the conveyancer, appropriate contracts for the sale of different land interests, investigating the vendor’s title, Land Registry Office, State Revenue Office and council procedures, dealing with specific parties to contracts for the sale of land, subdivisions and owners corporation problems and sale of small businesses.
If you are undertaking this course in Melbourne from semester 2, 2012 onwards your teacher will advise you if you require access to a computer for the course. It is recommended that you have access to a mobile computing device to allow greater flexibility in terms of where you can work on campus outside class times.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
FNSCONV502B Prepare and/or analyse and execute documents |
Element: |
1. Prepare and/or analyse documentation |
Performance Criteria: |
Performance criteria |
Element: |
2. Present documentation for execution |
Performance Criteria: |
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Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Students will study Land Contracts skills and theory in class sessions and through prescribed exercises and assessment work. These concepts will also be explored
through the investigation of appropriate real world and simulated environments. Students will be provided with more than one opportunity to demonstrate competence
Teaching Schedule
Semester 1, 2012
Tuesday classes Topics Assessment
Week 1 - 7 February Revision & negligence topic
Week 2 -14 February Development of multiple ownership: company share, stratum titles, strata & cluster titles
Week 3 - 21 February Subdivision process
Week 4 - 28 February Selling lots on a plan of subdivision
Week 5 - 6 March Owners’ Corporations part 1
Week 6 - 13 March Owners’ Corporations part 2
Week 7 – 20 March General and special conditions
Week 8 - 27 March Docklands Excursion -5.30 pm no Trust Accounting Reflections due (20 marks)
Week 9.1 - 3 April Investigation of title & exceptional parties to contracts
Week 9.2 - 10 April Mid semester student holidays & Easter Thursday 5 April to Wednesday 11 April
Week 10 - 17 April Stamp duties and Land Tax Off the plan Off the planassignment due (40 marks)
Week 11 - 24 April Conveyancing & GST
Week 12 - 1 May Sale of Business part 1
Week 13 - 8 May Sale of Business part 2
Week 14 - 15 May Revision Week 15 - 22 May Final test open book Final test open book (40 marks)
Week 16 –29May Self directed learning
Week 17 - 5 June Re-sits & re-submissions
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
There is no prescribed text. |
References
Voumard _ The Sale of Land LawBook Co. 5th edition by Wikrama |
Other Resources
Duties Act 2000
Estate Agents Act 1980
Owners Corporation Act, 2006 (OCA)
Owners Corporation Regulations, 2007 (OCR)
Property Law Act 1958
Sale of Land Act 1962
Subdivision Act 1988
Overview of Assessment
Assessment that learning outcomes have been achieved will be by:
1. Reflections (week 8) 20 marks
2. Assignment (week 10) 40 marks
3. Final test (open book – week 15 or 16) 40 marks
Assessment 1 - Reflections each week students will be asked to write approximately
10 lines to reflect on issues raised in class. Reflection 5 will relate to the new Owners
Corporation Regulations and it will be worth 10 marks of the 20 marks for the reflections.
Assessment 2 is a very difficult written assignment where you prepare a detailed letter of
advice relating to an off-the–plan purchase. It is due in week 10 & worth 40 marks.
Assessment 3 is the final open book test worth 40 marks scheduled for week 15 or 16.
To pass this course students must satisfactorily complete all assessments and have a total
mark of not less than 50%.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment that learning outcomes have been achieved will be by:
1. Reflections (week 8) 20 marks
2. Assignment (week 10) 40 marks
3. Final test (open book – week 15) 40 marks
Assessment 1 - Reflections each week students will be asked to write approximately
10 lines to reflect on issues raised in class. Reflection 5 will relate to the new Owners
Corporation Regulations and it will be worth 10 marks of the 20 marks for the reflections.
Assessment 2 is a very difficult written assignment where you prepare a detailed letter of
advice relating to an off-the–plan purchase. It is due in week 10 & worth 40 marks.
Assessment 3 is the final open book test worth 40 marks scheduled for week 15.
To pass this course students must satisfactorily complete all assessments and have a total
mark of not less than 50%.
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
This is a full year course and the information here is for semester 1 only. Further information will be given before the start of semester, 2 on Monday 2 July, 2012.
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