The College of Law in conjunction with the Society of Notaries of New South Wales, is authorised to conduct training for barristers or solicitors of not fewer than five (5) years standing, who wish to apply for appointment as a Public Notary under the Public Notaries Act 1997 (NSW).  Successful completion of this course will enable you to apply to the Legal Profession Admissions Board (LPAB) for appointment by the Supreme Court of NSW as a Public Notary and thereafter perform common Notarial functions including:

• Authenticating official, government and personal documents and information for use overseas.
• Witnessing signatures of individuals to documents and authenticating identity for use overseas.
• Witnessing Powers of Attorney for use overseas, including from time to time, preparing them.
• Certifying true copies of documents for use overseas.
• For corporations and business -witnessing documents and authenticating status and transactions for use overseas.
• Dealing with documentation for land, property and deceased estates overseas.

Please note this important information:

• Before enrolling in this course, please read the Legal Profession Admission Board’s ‘Guide for Applicants for Appointment as a Public Notary,’ which is available here. If you are in any doubt as to your eligibility to be appointed as a Notary, you should contact the LPAB prior to enrolment.
• For further information regarding the work of a Notary and recommended fees for performing notarial work, please refer to the Society of Notaries website.
• Section 11 of the Public Notaries Act 1997 (NSW) restricts public notaries who are not part of a law practice (for example, in-house counsel) from performing notarial work for their employer or a client of their employer.
• The Notarial Practice Training Course is a very challenging course of study. You should not enrol unless you can devote ample time to attend the training, review the materials and complete the assessment. In past intakes, not all participants have achieved the required standard in the assessment.
• If you enrol in this course and then subsequently withdraw prior to commencement, you will not be permitted to automatically transfer to a future course and withdrawal fees may apply.

For more information about examination resit and withdrawal fees, please consult our Terms and Conditions here  

Enrolment details

• You have been offered a place in the September course. You have been provided with a link to this private web page to be used solely for enrolment and payment of the course fees for the September course. 
• Do not share this link with anyone. If this link is shared and someone else registers for the course because you shared this link, your enrolment will be cancelled, and you will go back on the waitlist.
• Your enrolment and place in the course are not secured until payment is made. Payment must be made with your credit/debit card within ten (10) days of the date of the email you received with the link to this page. If payment is not made within the above time frame, you will lose your place in the course and it will be offered to another candidate on the waitlist. 
• Please click the ‘Buy now’ button and continue through the online registration process to make your payment. After you have made payment, you will receive a tax invoice and fulfilment email, with instructions directing you to your student portal, with login details. 
• After you login to the student portal, you will see this course listed. If you click on the course, you will see a landing page on our learning platform with course details, including dates and times, directions, etc.