Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954

45 References relating to land. N.I.

(1) In any enactment passed after the commencement of this Act the expression—

(a) “land” shall include—

(i) messuages, tenements and hereditaments of any tenure;

(ii) land covered by water;

(iii) any estate in land or water; and

(iv) houses or other buildings or structures whatsoever;

(b) “registered land” shall mean land the title to which is registered under [F1 Part III of the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970]M1 ; and

(c) “unregistered land” shall mean land the title to which is not registered under [F1 Part III of the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970].

(2) In any enactment passed after the commencement of this Act “estate”, when used with reference to land, includes any legal or equitable estate or interest, easement, right, title, claim, demand, charge, lien or encumbrance in, over, to or in respect of the land.

(3) Where an enactment passed after the commencement of this Act provides that a person may dispose of land, that person may deal with the land in any of the following ways—

(a) sell it;

(b) lease, let it or grant it in fee farm;

(c) exchange it, giving or receiving money for equality of exchange;

(d) if leasehold, surrender it;

(e) grant a licence to use it for any purpose or for such purposes as are mentioned in the licence; or

(f) grant (by way of sale, lease, letting or licence) any easement, profit or right in respect of it.

F1 1970 c. 18 (NI)

Marginal Citations

M1 1970 c. 18 (NI)