Five Softdocs suites, ACT ACAT, NSW Dust Diseases Tribunal, NCAT, Leasing, and QLD Conveyancing were updated since 13 October.

ACT ACAT

The following Mental Health Act forms have been deleted:

ACAT MHA010 Mental Health Orders - Application Form (professional person)

ACAT MHA020 Mental Health Orders - Application Form (layperson)

The following new Mental Health Act forms have been added:

ACAT MHA010 Application for Mental Health Orders

ACAT MHA020 ACAT Information Sheet or Applications under MHA 2015

ACAT MHA030 Assessment Order Application form

ACAT MHA040 Application to Review or Extend Consent to Treatment, Care or Support

ACAT MHA050 Application for a Forensic Mental Health order

ACAT MHA060 Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Application form

ACAT MHA070 Tribunal Review Report

NSW Dust Diseases Tribunal

The following amendments have been made:

FORM003A Statement of Claim

FORM007A Statement of Claim Defence

FORM008 Statement of Claim Defence Reply

FORM009 Statement of Cross-Claim

FORM010 Cross-Summons

- amended to include the FORM002 - List of Parties and the end of each form

VARIOUS FORMS When some Document Management Systems insert their document reference into the footer of a form it is interfering with the footer required on the form, eg. signing lines for affidavits. Any footer details required on particular forms have now been incorporated into the header and positioned at the foot of the page.

LC Letter to Tribunal

- optional choice of street/postal/DX addresses added

The following forms have been deleted:

LPA_FORM1 Application by Client for Assessment of Costs (Other than Party/Party Costs)

LPA_FORM2 Application by Practitioner for Assessment of Costs (Other than Party/Party Costs)

LPA_FORM3 Application for Assessment of Party/Party Costs

LPA_FORM4 Application for Review of Costs Assessment

NSW NCAT

NCAT have updated the following forms:

NCAT CC FORM007 Rental Bond Application Form NCAT CC

FORM010 Social Housing Application Form

NCAT CC FORM015 Tenancy Application Form

NSW Leasing

The following amendments have been made:

LSE0300 LSE0310 Deed of Surrender of Lease [LEA42]

Deed of surrender of lease when there is a fixed surrender date [LEA116]

- updated Bank Guarantee clause 4; deleting stamp before duty in clause 2.1(b)(vi);

- added reference to Tenant’s Outgoings Contribution as a variable

LSE0090 Deed of Guarantee and Indemnity [LEA6]

- added clause 2.4: Each Guarantor executing this Guarantee agrees that the liability of such Guarantor is not contingent upon the execution of this or any other guarantee by any other Guarantor

LSE0140 Lease of Retail premises in a shopping centre [LEA58]

LSE0150 Lease of Stand-Alone Retail Premises [LEA61]

LSE0160 Lease of Retail Premises Lot in a Strata Title Shopping Centre [LEA99]

LSE0170 Lease of Multi Occupancy Commercial Premises (Gross Lease) [LEA59]

- amended Second Option Lease Conditions clauses (c) and (f) the words this Lease to the Option Lease

- updated Bank Guarantee clause and adding a definition of Authority and then making appropriate alterations to text throughout

- amended Interest on Arrears clause

- deleted all references to (stamp) duty

- updated the Easements and Other Rights clause

LSE0140 Lease of Retail Premises in a Shopping Centre [LEA58]

- updated clause 8.7 Termination and Abatement on Damage

LSE0170 Lease of Multi Occupancy Commercial Premises (Gross Lease) [LEA59]

- updated Relocation clause 4.8 and made as optional

- update Demolition clause 4.9 as optional

- deleted definition of Demolition Termination Notice

LSE0150 Lease of stand-alone retail premises [LEA61]

LSE0160 Lease of Retail Premises Lot in a Strata Title Shopping Centre [LEA99]

- updated clause 8.7 Termination and Abatement on Damage

LSE0050 Deed of Agreement for Lease (Vacant Possession of Premises) [LEA3]

LSE0060 Deed of Agreement for Lease (Subject to Completion of Landlord's Works) [LEA4]

LSE0090 Deed of Guarantee and Indemnity [LEA6]

LSE0210 Deed of Consent to Sublease [LEA47]

LSE0300 Deed of Surrender of Lease [LEA42]

LSE0310 Deed of surrender of lease when there is a fixed surrender date [LEA116]

- updated clause 1.3 to: Where a word in this Deed is capitalised and is not defined in clause 1.1, it has a corresponding meaning to the defined word in the Lease - added new clause Sale or Transfer by the Landlord - updated Assignment clause to No Assignment

LSE0210 Deed of Consent to Sublease [LEA47]

- added new Consent clauses 2(d), 2(e), 2(f) and 2(g)

- added Tenant’s Fixtures as a variable to clause 2(i)

- added new variable clause 3 Head Lease

LSE0320 Deed of Assignment of Lease [LEA57/LEA80]

- updated clause 1.3 to: Where a word in this Deed is capitalised and is not defined in clause 1.1, it has a corresponding meaning to the defined word in the Lease

- updated clause 5.3

- added new clause 15 Sale or Transfer by the Landlord

- added new clause 16 No Assignment

LSE0590 Notice of Breach of Covenant - failure to provide bank guarantee [LEA50]

LSE0600 Notice of Breach of Covenant - failure to pay rent [LEA49]

LSE0610 Notice of Breach of Covenant - failure to pay outgoings etc [LEA82]

LSE0640 Landlord's Notice of Termination of Lease - default [LEA107]

LSE0650 Landlord's Notice of Termination of Lease - under provision of lease [LEA108]

LSE0660 Tenant's Notice of Termination of Lease [LEA109]

LSE0630Landlord's Notice of Termination of Lease [LEA110]

LSE0540 Car Parking Licence [LEA19]

- added definitions of Commencing Date and Rent

- updated definition of Lease by adding a variable reference to the Commencing Date; in clause 4(a) changing base rent to Rent;

- updated clause 9.1 by adding new variable: for use 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by way of security access cards provided to the Licensee by the Licensor pursuant to the Lease;

- added new variable clause 13 Increases in Licence Fee

- updated clause 16 changing determine to terminate

- added a new variable clause to Notice clause 21

-updating generally the Parking Space Levy payment clause 4(c)

-renumbering the Parking Space Levy payment as clause 4(b) and moving the GST clause

L030 Letter to Tenant's Solicitor enclosing Lease for approval/signing [LEA9]

L150 Letter to Assignee's Solicitors re Assignment of Lease [LEA16]

L160 Letter to Tenant's Solicitor (Assignor) re Assignment of Lease [LEA17]

L070 Letter to Tenant (Client) encl Lease docs (retail) for approval/signing [LEA18]

L040 Letter to Tenant enclosing lease documentation for approval/signing [LEA77]

L240 Letter to Tenant's Solicitor encl Variation of Lease docs for approval/signing [LEA83]

L250 Letter to Tenant encl Variation of Lease docs for approval/signing [LEA84]

LSE0120 Landlord's Insurance Requirements (annexure to letter enclosing docs) [LEA86]

- added new item to the insurance requirements:

which is on an occurrence, not a claims made, basis

L010 Letter to Tenant (Client) initial advice and enclosing Lease docs [LEA1]

L020 Letter to Landlord (Client) enclosing Lease for approval [LEA8]

L070 Letter to Tenant (Client) enclosing lease docs (retail) for approval/signing [LEA18]

L080 Letter to Landlord (Client) encl lease documentation for approval/signing [LEA62]

- added variable paragraph about verification of identity

VARIOUS Minor coding amendments

The following have been added:

L025 Letter to Tenant's Solicitor enclosing Initial Draft Lease Docs for consideration [LEA120]

L120 Letter to Tenant's Solicitor when Tenant has not provided a Bank Guarantee [LEA117]

LSE0525 Statutory Declaration in Support of Removal of Lease from Title (Expired) [LEA118]

QLD Conveyancing

The following amendments have been made

SEARCH FEES Updated to 2016/2017

OSRFORM2_1 Home/First Home Transfer Concession – minor coding amendment

The following new precedents have been added

P030F Residential Checklist for Buyer (Lexon)

V030F Residential Checklist for Seller (Lexon)