The Registration (Land and Deeds) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

Extension of compulsory registration

11.  The following amendments shall be made in section 25 of the 1970 Act (under which orders declaring all or part of a county or county borough to be a compulsory registration area are subject to affirmative resolution and cannot take effect until at least six months after being made):

(a) renumber the section as section 25(1) and in it—

(i) for “affirmative” substitute “negative”;

(ii) for “county or county borough” (twice) substitute “local government district”;

(iii) for “six months” substitute “three months”;

(b) after section 25(1) insert:

“(2) A compulsory registration area declared under subsection (1) shall not be affected by any subsequent alteration in the boundaries of, or the subsequent abolition of, the local government district in question.”.