Until 1992, there were three separate Registrars of title, namely those for freehold interest, leasehold interest, and a subsidiary interest register dealing with incorporeal rights and certain other rights which may be prescribed. The 1992 reforms provided that the three separate registers would be merged into a single title register. Each folio number consists of […]
Schedule V to the 1970 Act lists the burdens which are required to be registered so as to affect registered title land. These include a wide range of interests including, in particular, charges, fee farm rents, liens for unpaid purchase money, leases for over 21 years, judgments or enforcement orders, pending actions, charging orders, easements, […]
Registration of Deeds Act 1970. The registration of deeds aims to underpin the unregistered title system of land conveyancing in Northern Ireland. A deed that is registered first has priority over later registered deeds irrespective of the date at which the deed is made. However, the registry system did not allow priority where the later […]
Applications to change the register are by way of dealing. Documents must be properly executed and stamped. The appropriate fee on application should be made. The transfer or other documents should be in the prescribed form or as modified. A transfer has the effect equivalent to a deed of conveyance or assignment. A transfer by […]
Northern Ireland Property Registries There are three principal property registries in Northern Ireland: the Registry of Deeds, the Land Registry, and the Statutory Charges Register. The registration of land has been compulsory in all parts of Northern Ireland since 2003 so that in time, the functions of the Registry of Deeds will wind down, and […]
Northern Ireland has established a Statutory Charges Register similar to that in England and Wales. There is no equivalent in the Republic of Ireland. The Statutory Charges Register Act (NI) 1951 created a central register in respect of different matters, notices, and rights affecting land. The register shows charges resulting from the exercise of powers […]