---
title: "Victorian off-the-plan buyer checklist from Consumer Affairs Victoria"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-conveyancing-and-property/vic-off-the-plan-buyer-checklist"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a9-vic-off-the-plan-buyer-checklist"
area_id: "A9"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A9-T1-R11"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-conveyancing-and-property/vic-off-the-plan-buyer-checklist  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Residential Conveyancing & Property](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-conveyancing-and-property.md)
- Jurisdictions: Victoria
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Victoria.

## 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

- [Review an off-the-plan contract for sunset, registration and variation risk](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-conveyancing-and-property/review-an-off-the-plan-contract-for-sunset-registration-and-variation-ri.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Consumer Affairs Victoria, Buying off-the-plan (last updated 8 May 2021): warning notice, deposit cap, 18-month default registration time, and the duty exemption and concession the page describes](https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing/buying-and-selling-property/buying-property/buying-off-the-plan)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-conveyancing-and-property/vic-off-the-plan-buyer-checklist and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*