S.L. 55.6 Art. 19Contract of engagement. Substituted: L.N. 157 of 2018.

(1) The contract of engagement shall be in writing and shall contain a description of the services a notary binds himself to provide, the standard of diligence he is to exercise, if it is different from that required by these regulations, any disclaimers and limitations, the professional fees payable and any other matter the parties to the agreement may agree upon.

(2) A notary shall not be precluded from entering into a contract of engagement with the transferee even where he is deemed, in terms of article 84C(5) of the Act, to have been instructed to examine title, and in such case the provisions of sub-regulation (1) shall mutatis mutandis apply.

(3) Where a notary is instructed to provide one of the services mentioned in article 84C(11) of the Act, he shall enter into a contract of engagement with the person so engaging him, and such contract shall contain all the terms and conditions of the engagement and, as far as possible, it shall be modelled on the provisions of sub-regulation (1).