Preliminary

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Deeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997.

Interpretation2.

(1)

In these Regulations—

“county” includes county borough;

“registration” except in regulation 14, means registration in the registry of deeds;

“registrar” means the registrar of deeds;

“Registrar of Titles” means the Registrar of Titles appointed under the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 19706 and any person authorised to fulfil the functions of such Registrar pursuant to paragraphs 4 to 9 of Schedule 1 to that Act;

“the Act” means the Registration of Deeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1970;

“the Matrimonial Charges Index” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 13(2);

“the 1984 Order” means the Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984;

“the 1989 Order” means the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;

“working day” means a day on which the registry of deeds is open to the public for the transaction of business as provided for in the Registry of Deeds (Days and Hours of Business) Order 19587.

(2)

A Form referred to by number means a Form so numbered in the Schedule.