(1)Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, a deed or conveyance affecting land in Northern Ireland may be registered in the Registry of Deeds for Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the registry of deeds” ).
(2)A deed or conveyance brought to the registry of deeds to be registered shall be produced to the registrar together with a memorial[F1 in the prescribed form and such other documentation as may be prescribed].
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(4)[F1Where the registrar is satisfied that the documentation mentioned in subsection (2) has been produced to him], then, subject to the provisions of this Act, the deed or conveyance shall be registered but not otherwise.
(5)When the deed or conveyance is registered,[F1 it shall be endorsed with] the serial number allocated to it under section 8 and the date on which that number was so allocated.
(6)[F1The endorsement of that serial number and date] shall be admitted and taken in any court of record as evidence of[F1 the registration of the deed or conveyance on that date with the priority of time provided for in section 4(1)].