Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970

1970 CHAPTER 18

An Act to revise the law relating to the registration of the title to land; to extend the compulsory registration of the title to land; to repeal and re-enact with certain amendments the law relating to the registration of statutory charges; and for matters connected therewith.

[23rd June 1970]

M1 WHEREAS, pursuant to section 12(2)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1962 , the consent of the Lord Chief Justice has been obtained to the provisions of sections 59(1) and (4) and 85(3)( m) of this Act, of which—

(a) section 59(1) and (4) imposes certain duties on the Bankruptcy Registrar; and

(b) section 85(3)( m) authorises the making of Land Registry Rules providing for the taxation of costs by the taxing master of the [F1 Court of Judicature].

And Whereas the Clerk of the Parliaments has certified accordingly pursuant to section 1 of the Legislative Procedure Act (Northern Ireland) 1933 M2 , as applied by section 12(4) of the Northern Ireland Act 1962 for the purposes of the said section 12(2)(b).

F1 Words in preamble of Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 functions transf. by SR 1999/481

C2 Act applied (27.3.2006) by Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991 (S.R. 1991/364), rule 229A(3) (as substituted by Insolvency (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/47), rule 9(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 6 para.91)

C3 Act applied (with modifications) (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2021/716, Sch. 3 paras. 2, 3 (as amended by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1399), regs. 1(2), 21(2)(a)(4))

Marginal Citations

M1 1962 c. 30

M2 1933 c. 4