Land Registration Rules, 1981.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (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(2) The Land Registration Rules, 1977 are hereby rescinded.
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paragraphs: (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.
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paragraphs: (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.
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(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.
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paragraphs: (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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Application where property acquired by a statutory authority or on sale and value does not exceed £50,000.
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paragraphs: (1) Where property purchased under the Land Purchase Acts and registered with a possessory title has been acquired on sale or by a statutory authority and the purchase money, compensation or value thereof does not exceed £50,000, the Registrar may, on an application by the Solicitor for applicant certifying that he has investigated the title prior to first registration and that on such investigation no adverse rights, restrictive covenants or incumbrances were disclosed, convert the title into an Absolute Title.