Land Registration Rules, 1981
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Citation | IR SI 258/1981 |
Year | 1981 |
LAND REGISTRATION RULES, 1981 | ||
1. (1) These Rules shall come into operation on the 4th day of August, 1981 and may be cited as the Land Registration Rules, 1981. | ||
(2) The Land Registration Rules, 1977 are hereby rescinded. | ||
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 1981. | ||
3. (1) Subrules (2), (3) and (4) of Rule 19 of the Land Registration Rules, 1972 are hereby amended by the substitution of £50,000 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 £50,000, 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 £50,000, 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 £50,000. | ||
(a) the Registrar may dispense with the official examination of the title and may register the statutory authority with absolute title or good leasehold title on a certificate of title by the solicitor for such authority in Form 3 adapted as the case may require. | ||
(b) the application shall be signed by the solicitor for the statutory authority and shall be accompanied by a plan of the property drawn on the current largest scale map published by Ordnance Survey. | ||
4. (1) Subrule (1) of Rule 35 of the Land Registration Rules, 1972 is hereby amended by the substitution of “£50,000” for “£8,000” and the said subrule as so amended is set out in the Table hereto: | ||
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