Checklist · Residential Conveyancing & Property
Victorian off-the-plan buyer checklist from Consumer Affairs Victoria
The warning, the 10 per cent deposit limit, the registration deadline and the duty settings on the Consumer Affairs Victoria off-the-plan page, for a buyer who cannot yet inspect the finished property.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Victoria
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Victoria.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when reviewing a Victorian off-the-plan contract before the buyer signs. The duty thresholds are as that page states them. The page was last updated on 8 May 2021, so the State Revenue Office is checked before any duty figure is used.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may check the contract for the warning notice, the deposit percentage and a registration date; the lawyer decides whether the buyer can end the contract and what duty, if any, applies.
AI may
- Find the warning notice and compare the deposit with 10 per cent of the price
- Record the registration date in the contract, or note that the page's default of 18 months would apply if none is stated
- List the risks the page names so the buyer report can address each one
AI must not
- Must not calculate land transfer duty from the thresholds on a page last updated on 8 May 2021
- Must not say the buyer can end the contract without reading the sunset or rescission clause against the current Act
- Must not treat an artist's impression as a description of the finished property
The lawyer checks
- The contract contains the warning notice the page requires, in a clearly visible form
- The deposit is not more than 10 per cent of the contract price
- The plan-registration date is identified, and the buyer is told of the right the page describes if registration does not occur by that date or by the 18-month default
- Any duty exemption or concession is taken from the current State Revenue Office rules, not from the 2021 page alone
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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