Land Registration Rules 2009
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Rules may be cited as the Land Registration Rules, 2009.
(2) These Rules and the Land Registration Rules 1972 to 2008 may be cited together as the Land Registration Rules 1972 to 2009.
(3) These Rules and the Land Registration Rules 1972 to 2008 shall be construed together as one.
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paragraphs: These Rules shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 2009.
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paragraphs: An application map in paper form or in electronic form identifying the boundaries of two or more properties where each property is to be the subject of a separate registered title (a “scheme map”) may be approved by the Authority prior to lodgement of an application for registration.
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paragraphs: (1) On application for registration of title to the lowest floor of a multi-storey building or of a part thereof, the Authority shall presume, unless it is shown to the contrary, that the title does not extend to the soil or subsoil thereunder.
(2) On application for registration of title to the uppermost floor or structure of a multi-storey building or of a part thereof, the Authority shall presume, unless it is shown to the contrary, that the title does not extend to the attic or airspace thereover.
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paragraphs: An application for cancellation of a Property Adjustment Order pursuant to section 9 of the Family Law Act 1995 or section 14 of the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 may be made in Form A, B or C hereunder.
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paragraphs: Rule 2 of the Land Registration Rules 1972 is amended by the insertion of the following definition after the definition for “the Registry”:
‘application map’ means—
(a) a map in paper form or in electronic form issued by the Authority,
(b) such other map in paper form or electronic form as the Authority may allow,
on which is identified, in such manner as the Authority may direct, a property the subject of an application for registration;”.
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paragraphs: Rule 3 of the Land Registration Rules 1972 is amended by the substitution of the following for subrule (6):
“(6) There shall be entered in the first part of a folio—
(a) a description of the property the ownership of which is registered, with a reference to the plan on the registry maps of the land affected;
(b) a description of any part of the property which is transferred to another folio;
(c) such information as is authorised by the Acts or these Rules relative to—
(i) easements and rights for the benefit of the property;
(ii) the inclusion of mines and minerals in, or their exclusion from, the property;
(iii) the boundaries of the property;
(iv) at the Authority’s discretion, Land Commission references and notes regarding issue of land certificates and copy maps.”.
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paragraphs: The Land Registration Rules 1972 are amended by the substitution of the following for Rule 9 of those Rules:
“9. (1) The description of property in the registers shall be by reference to the names and denominations recorded by Ordnance Survey Ireland and may, where the Authority permits, include any other geographical or locational information.
(2) Neither the description of property in a register nor its identification by reference to a registry map is conclusive as to its boundaries or extent and a note to this effect shall be entered on the register.
(3) Where areas of property are recorded, such areas are not conclusive.
(4) The description of property shall be revised by the Authority from time to time and made conformable with the description on the registry map as and when revised.”.
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paragraphs: The Land Registration Rules 1972 are amended by the substitution of the following for Rule 15 of those Rules:
“15. (1) An application for registration of the ownership of freehold property to which rules 19 (3), 19 (4), 20 (1), 21 or 22 does not apply, shall, unless the Authority otherwise directs, be accompanied by—
(a) a concise statement of the title giving in chronological order a summary of the documents and the events and facts on which the applicants claim to the property is based,
(b) all original deeds and all documents in the applicants possession, or under his control, relating to the title, including opinions of counsel, abstracts of title, contracts for and conditions of sale, searches, requisitions and replies, and other like documents, and the evidence by affidavit, statutory declaration, or otherwise, proving the facts stated and necessary to be proved to establish the title,
(c) an application map, unless the application otherwise sufficiently identifies the property on the registry map,