Subscriber agreement
17.8(1)A member of the Law Society of New Brunswick or a land surveyor who wishes to submit electronic instruments to a land titles office shall enter into an agreement with Service New Brunswick for the purposes of
(a)
obtaining access to the technology put in place by Service New Brunswick for the authentication and submission of electronic instruments and establishing the circumstances in which access privileges may be lost,
(b)
providing for the duties, obligations and liabilities of the subscriber or land surveyor relating to the authentication and submission of electronic instruments, and
(c)
establishing an account with Service New Brunswick for electronic funds transfers.
17.8(2)Service New Brunswick shall not enter into an agreement under subsection (1) with a member of the Law Society of New Brunswick unless there is in place an agreement between the Law Society of New Brunswick and Service New Brunswick by which the Law Society of New Brunswick assumes responsibility
(a)
for certifying the eligibility of the member to practise law in the Province, and
(b)
if the eligibility of the member is lost,
(i)
for promptly revoking access to the technology put in place by Service New Brunswick, or
(ii)
for promptly giving notice to Service New Brunswick, in the manner determined under the agreement, in which case Service New Brunswick will revoke access to the technology put in place by Service New Brunswick.
17.8(3)Service New Brunswick shall not enter into an agreement under subsection (1) with a land surveyor unless there is in place an agreement between the Association of New Brunswick Land Surveyors and Service New Brunswick by which the Association of New Brunswick Land Surveyors assumes responsibility
(a)
for certifying the eligibility of the land surveyor to practise land surveying in the Province, and
(b)
if the eligibility of the land surveyor is lost,
(i)
for promptly revoking access to the technology put in place by Service New Brunswick, or
(ii)
for promptly giving notice to Service New Brunswick, in the manner determined under the agreement, in which case Service New Brunswick will revoke access to the technology put in place by Service New Brunswick.
2006, c.11, s.3; 2017, c.60, s.1