Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009

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Number 27 of 2009

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LAND AND CONVEYANCING LAW REFORM ACT 2009

REVISED

Updated to 30 November 2021

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2021 (35/2021), enacted 26 November 2021, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Social Welfare (Temporary Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 660 of 2021), made 30 November 2021, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

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Number 27 of 2009

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LAND AND CONVEYANCING LAW REFORM ACT 2009

REVISED

Updated to 30 November 2021

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Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was first passed.

Related legislation

This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2021 (35/2021)

• Affordable Housing Act 2021 (25/2021)

• Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (65/2015)

• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (21/2014)

• Gas Regulation Act 2013 (39/2013)

• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013 (30/2013)

• Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act (2/2013)

• Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011 (27/2011)

• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (23/2011)

• National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 (34/2009)

All Acts up to and including Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2021 (35/2021), enacted 26 November 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Registration of Deeds Rules 2013 (S.I. No. 387 of 2013)

• Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012)

• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (Section 108) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 655 of 2010)

• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (Section 103) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 654 of 2010)

• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (Section 100) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 653 of 2010)

• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (Commencement) (Section 132) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 471 of 2009)

• Registration of Deeds (No. 2) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 457 of 2009)

• Land Registration (No. 2) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 456 of 2009)

• Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 356 of 2009)

All statutory instruments up to and including Social Welfare (Temporary Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 660 of 2021), made 30 November 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 27 of 2009

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LAND AND CONVEYANCING LAW REFORM ACT 2009

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Updated to 30 November 2021

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Acts Referred to

Accumulations Act 1892	55 & 56 Vic. c. 58
Administration of Justice Act 1707	6 Anne c. 10
Bankruptcy Act 1988	1988, No. 27
Bodies Corporate (Joint Tenancy) Act 1899	62 & 63 Vic. c. 20
Boundaries Act 1721	8 Geo. 1 c. 5
Building Societies Act 1989	1989, No. 17
Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003	2003, No. 1
Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004	2004, No. 21
Charities Act 1961	1961, No. 17
Charities Act 1973	1973, No. 13
Charities Act 2009	2009, No. 6
Chief Rents Redemption (Ireland) Act 1864	27 & 28 Vic. c. 38
Circuit Court (Registration of Judgments) Act 1937	1937, No. 3
Clandestine Mortgages Act 1697	9 Will. 3 c. 11
Commons Act 1789	29 Geo. 3 c. 30
Commons Act 1791	31 Geo. 3 c. 38
Companies Act 1963	1963, No. 33
Consumer Credit Act 1995	1995, No. 24
Contingent Remainders Act 1877	40 & 41 Vic. c. 33
Conveyancing Act 1634	10 Chas. 1 sess. 2 c. 3
Conveyancing Act 1881	44 & 45 Vic. c. 41
Conveyancing Act 1882	45 & 46 Vic. c. 39
Conveyancing Act 1911	1 & 2 Geo. 5 c. 37
Conveyancing Acts 1881 to 1911
Copyhold Act 1843	6 & 7 Vic. c. 23
Copyhold Act 1844	7 & 8 Vic. c. 55
Copyhold Act 1852	15 & 16 Vic. c. 51
Copyhold Act 1858	21 & 22 Vic. c. 94
Copyhold Act 1887	50 & 51 Vic. c. 73
County Hospitals (Amendment) Act 1767	7 Geo. 3 c. 8
County Hospitals Act 1765	5 Geo. 3 c. 20
County Hospitals Act 1777	17 & 18 Geo. 3 c. 15
Courts Act 1981	1981, No. 11
Courts and Court Officers Act 1995	1995, No. 31
Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961	1961, No. 39
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001	2001, No. 50
Crown Land Act 1819	59 Geo. 3 c. 94
Crown Land Revenues Act 1854	17 & 18 Vic. c. 68
Crown Lands Act 1823	4 Geo. 4 c. 18
Crown Lands Act 1825	6 Geo. 4 c. 17
Crown Lands Act 1841	5 Vic. c. 1
Crown Lands Act 1845	8 & 9 Vic. c. 99
Crown Lands Act 1848	11 & 12 Vic. c. 102
Crown Lands Act 1851	14 & 15 Vic. c. 42
Crown Lands Act 1852	15 & 16 Vic. c. 62
Crown Lands Act 1853	16 & 17 Vic. c. 56
Crown Lands Act 1866	29 & 30 Vic. c. 62
Crown Lands Act 1873	36 & 37 Vic. c. 36
Crown Lands Act 1885	48 & 49 Vic. c. 79
Crown Lands Act 1894	57 & 58 Vic. c. 43
Crown Lands Act 1906	6 Edw. 7 c. 28
Crown Lands Act 1913	3 & 4 Geo. 5 c. 8
Crown Lands (Ireland) Act 1822	3 Geo. 4 c. 63
Crown Private Estate Act 1800	39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 88
Crown Private Estates Act 1862	25 & 26 Vic. c. 37
Crown Private Estates Act 1873	36 & 37 Vic. c. 61
Drainage (Ireland) Act 1842	5 & 6 Vic. c. 89
Drainage (Ireland) Act 1845	8 & 9 Vic. c. 69
Drainage (Ireland) Act 1846	9 & 10 Vic. c. 4
Drainage (Ireland) Act 1847	10 & 11 Vic. c. 79
Drainage (Ireland) Act 1856	19 & 20 Vic. c. 62
Drainage and Improvement of Land (Ireland) Act 1866	29 & 30 Vic. c. 40
Drainage and Improvement of Land (Ireland) Act 1892	55 & 56 Vic. c. 65
Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act 1853	16 & 17 Vic. c. 130
Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act 1855	18 & 19 Vic. c. 110
Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act 1864	27 & 28 Vic. c. 72
Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Act 1878	41 & 42 Vic. c. 59
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act (Ireland) 1863	26 & 27 Vic. c. 88
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Amendment Act (Ireland) 1865	28 & 29 Vic. c. 52
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Amendment Act, Ireland 1869	32 & 33 Vic. c. 72
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Amendment Act (Ireland) 1872	35 & 36 Vic. c. 31
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Amendment Act (Ireland) 1874	37 & 38 Vic. c. 32
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental Act Ireland 1864	27 & 28 Vic. c. 107
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental Act (No. 2 Ireland) 1865	28 & 29 Vic. c. 53
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental Act (Ireland) 1866	29 & 30 Vic. c. 61
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental Act (Ireland) 1867	30 & 31 Vic. c. 43
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental Act (Ireland) (No. 2) 1867	30 & 31 Vic. c. 139
Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental Act (Ireland) (No. 3) 1867	31 & 32 Vic. c. 3
Drainage Maintenance Act 1866	29 & 30 Vic. c. 49
Ecclesiastical Lands Act 1634	10 & 11 Chas. 1 c. 3
Ecclesiastical Lands Act 1795	35 Geo. 3 c. 23
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