Land Registration Rules, 1975

JurisdictionIreland
CitationIR SI 246/1975
Year1975

S.I. No. 246 of 1975.

LAND REGISTRATION RULES, 1975.

We, the Registration of Title Rules Committee, constituted pursuant to the provisions of Section 73 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 , by virtue of the powers conferred upon us by Section 126 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964 , with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, do hereby make the following Rules.

Dated this 16th day of October, 1975.

SEÁN de BUITLEÁR Judge of the High Court

FRANCIS J. LANIGAN

JOHN O. SWEETMAN

NEVIN GRIFFITH.

I concur in the making of these Rules.

Dated this 22nd day of October, 1975.

PATRICK COONEY,

Minister for Justice.

PRELIMINARY.

1 Commencement.

1. These Rules shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1975, and may be cited as the Land Registration Rules, 1975.

2 Interpretation.

2. (1) These Rules and the Land Registration Rules, 1972, shall be construed together and Rule 2 of the Land Registration Rules, 1972 shall apply for the purpose of the interpretation of these Rules.

(2) These Rules and the Land Registration Rules, 1972, may be cited together as the Land Registration Rules, 1972 to 1975.

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3. (1) Subrules (2), (3) and (4) of Rule 19 of the Land Registration Rules, 1972, are hereby amended by the substitution of "£20,000" for "£8,000" wherever "£8,000" occurs and the said subrules as so amended are set out in the Table hereto: —

TABLE.

(2) Where the market value of the property the subject of the application is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar not to exceed £20,000, the title to be shown by the applicant may commence—

( a ) with a disposition of the property made not less than 20 years prior to the date of the application that would be a good root of title on a sale under a contract limiting only the length of title to be shown or

( b ) with a conveyance or assignment on sale made not less than 12 years prior to the date of the application that would be a good root of title on a sale under a contract limiting only the length of title to be shown.

(3) On a sale where the purchase money of the property does not exceed £20,000, the Registrar may, if he thinks fit, register a title as absolute or good leasehold on production of a certificate by a solicitor, at the expense of the applicant in Form 3, adapted as the case may require.

(4) Where property is acquired by a statutory authority and the purchase money or compensation paid therefor does not exceed £20,000.

( a )...

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