Registration of Title Act 1964

1. Short title.

2. Commencement.

3. Interpretation.

4. Expenses.

5. Repeals.

6. Continuance of existing officers, offices, registers, instruments and documents. PART II L AND R EGISTRY , R EGISTERS , THE A UTHORITY AND J URISDICTION

7. Land Registry.

8. Registers of ownership.

9. The Authority.

10. Local registrars.

11. Relations of the Authority and local registrars.

12. Officers of central and local offices.

13. Exercise of powers of the Authority.

14. Fees.

15. Official seals.

16. Powers of the Authority.

17. Proceedings by and against the Authority.

18. The court.

19. Appeal and reference to the court.

20. Enforcement by High Court of order of the Authority. 1 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.]

21. The Authority to obey order of court.

22. Power of court in action for specific performance. PART III R EGISTRATION OF O WNERSHIP

23. Compulsory registration.

24. Extension of compulsory registration.

25. Effect of failure to register where registration compulsory.

26. Registration by Land Commission.

27. Classes of owners who may be registered.

28. Land certificate.

29. Rectification on amendment of vesting order.

30. Fraudulent dispositions and entries.

31. Conclusiveness of register.

32. Rectification of errors in registration.

33. Classes of title which may be registered.

34. Registration of burdens.

35. Registration subject to, or free from, equities.

36. Effect of previous registration with qualified or possessory title.

37. Effect of registration with absolute title.

38. Effect of registration with possessory title.

39. Effect of registration with qualified title.

40. Classes of title which may be registered.

41. Registration of burdens.

42. Previous registration with, and without, note as to lessor’s title.

43. Effect of previous registration with qualified or possessory title.

44. Effect of registration with absolute title.

45. Effect of registration with good leasehold title.

46. Effect of registration with possessory title.

47. Effect of registration with qualified title.

48. Transfer of land from leasehold to freehold register.

49. Registration of title acquired by possession.

49A. Registration of easements and profits à prendre in certain cases.

50. Conversion of registered title into absolute or good leasehold.

51. Transfer of registered land.

52. Effect of transfer of freehold land with absolute title.

53. Effect of transfer of freehold land with possessory title.

54. Effect of transfer of freehold land with qualified title.

55. Effect of transfer of leasehold interest with absolute title.

56. Effect of transfer of leasehold interest with good leasehold title.

57. Effect of transfer of leasehold interest with possessory title.

58. Effect of transfer of leasehold interest with qualified title. 2 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.]

59. Saving of consent to alienation, etc.

60. Defeasance of registered owner’s estate.

61. Transmission of registered land from limited owner and on death.

62. Creation and effect of charge on registered land.

63. Saving for mortgages registered as charges.

64. Transfer of charge.

65. Discharge of registered charge.

66. Transmission, etc., of charge.

67. Restriction on custody of land certificate by registered owner of a charge.

68. Creation and effect of subordinate rights and interests.

69. Burdens which may be registered as affecting registered land.

70. Registration of ownership of burdens.

71. Registration of judgment mortgages.

72. Burdens which are without registration to affect registered land.

73. Mines, minerals, and mining rights.

74. Priority of registered burdens.

75. Priority of registered charge for future advances.

76. Power of charging to be exercised by registered charge.

77. Powers with respect to statutory charges.

78. Term of years vested in trustee for raising money out of registered land.

79. Term of years vested in trustee for raising money, or mortgage, prior to first registration.

80. Provisions as to incumbrances created or issued by company and not registered or protected.

81. Right of residence.

82. Note of rights appurtenant to land.

83. Register of ownership.

84. Registry maps.

85. Description of registered land.

86. Entry of boundaries in certain cases.

87. Entry of boundaries by agreement.

88. Settlement of boundaries on transfer.

89. Meaning of owner of unregistered land in regard to boundaries.

90. Powers of person entitled to be registered as owner of land or charge.

91. Undivided shares and co-owners.

92. Notice of trusts.

93. Discovery of instruments and facts affecting title.

94. Production of deeds.

95. Deeds to be marked with notice of registration.

96. Caution against first registration of land.

97. Caution against registered dealings. 3 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.]

98. Inhibition of registered dealings.

99. Provisions as to limited owners.

100. Power for trustee to apply to court for directions.

101. Infants.

102. Persons of unsound mind.

103. Provisions as to bankruptcy of registered owner.

104. Stamp duties.

105. Certificates.

106. Addresses and notices.

107. Searches of registers and maps.

108. Priority of certain applications for registration. PART IV D EVOLUTION ON D EATH AND D ESCENT ON I NTESTACY

109. Application of Part IV.

110. Devolution of registered land.

111. Succession to beneficial interest in registered land on intestacy.

112. Abolition of rules of descent in relation to registered freehold land.

113. Saving for deaths before commencement of this Act.

114. Meaning of “heirs”. PART V M ISCELLANEOUS P ROVISIONS

115. Avoidance of certain stipulations in contracts for sale or charge of registered land.

116. Exemption of land from registration in Registry of Deeds.

117. Exemption from registration elsewhere of burdens registered under this Act.

118. Indemnity of the Authority.

119. Penalties for fraud.

120. Compensation for error, forgery or fraud in relation to registration.

121. Inhibition in consequence of discovery of error.

122. Owner of land with possessory title not a trustee under Statute of Limitations, 1957.

123. Effect of words of transfer.

124. Power of Peace Commissioners to take affidavits.

124A. Evidence in proceedings.

125. Registration of land below high-water mark.

126. Power to make rules and orders.

127. Saving for bona vacantia. SCHEDULE 4 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] REPEALS ACTS REFERRED TO Registration of Title Act, 1891 1891, c. 66. Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act, 1857 1857, c. 60. Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1872 1872, c. 58. Debtors Act (Ireland), 1872 1872, c. 57. Local Bankruptcy (Ireland) Act, 1888 1888, c. 44. Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1847 1847, c. 32. Drainage (Ireland) Act, 1842 1842, c. 89. Drainage and Improvement of Land (Ireland) Act, 1863 1863, c. 88. State Property Act, 1954 1954, No. 25. Judgment Mortgage (Ireland) Act, 1850 1850, c. 29. Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1847 1847, c. 32. Irish Church Act, 1869 1869, c. 42. Registration of Deeds Act, 1707 1707, c. 2. Judgments (Ireland) Act, 1844 1844, c. 90. Finance Act, 1924 1924, No. 27. Irish Church Act, 1869 1869, c. 42. The Public Offices Fees Act, 1879 1879, c. 58. Land Act, 1931 1931, No. 11. Administration of Estates Act, 1959 1959, No. 8. Registration of Title Act, 1942 1942. No. 26. Conveyancing Act, 1881 1881, c. 41. Conveyancing Act, 1911 1911, c. 37. Forestry Act, 1946 1946, No. 13. Judgment Mortgage (Ireland) Act, 1850 1850, c. 29. Judgment Mortgage (Ireland) Act, 1858 1858, c. 105. Land Act, 1927 1927, No. 19. Labourers Act, 1936 1936, No. 24. Companies Act, 1963 1963, No. 33. Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870 1870, c. 46. Settled Land Act, 1882 1882, c. 38. Settled Land Act, 1884 1884, c. 18. Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1871 1871, c. 22. Statute of Limitations, 1957 1957, No. 6. Foreshore Act, 1933 1933, No. 12. Courts of Justice Act, 1936 1936, No. 48. Record of Title (Ireland) Act, 1865 1865, s. 88. The Registry of Deeds Office (Ireland) Holidays Act, 1883 1883, c. 20. 5 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Number 16 of 1964. REGISTRATION OF TITLE ACT 1964 REVISED Updated to 4 April 2018 AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE WITH AMENDMENTS THE LAW RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF THE TITLE TO LAND. [4th July, 1964.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— Annotations Modifications (not altering text): C1 Prospective affecting provisions: application of collectively cited Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006 restricted by Minerals Development Act 2017 (23/2017), ss. 112(5) and 149(4), not commenced as of date of revision. Mining facilities acquisition order 112. .... (3) On the making of a mining facilities acquisition order for the purpose of acquiring an ancillary surface right, the right is vested in the Minister on behalf of the State. (4) On the making of a mining facilities acquisition order for the purpose of acquiring an estate or interest in land, the estate or interest is vested in the licensee. (5) Notwithstanding the Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006, the vesting of an ancillary surface right, estate or interest under subsections (3) and (4) that affects registered land occurs when the order is made. ... Rehabilitation acquisition order 149. ... (3) On the making of a rehabilitation acquisition order for the purpose of acquiring an estate or interest in land, the estate or interest is vested in the Minister on behalf of the State. (4) The vesting of an estate or interest under subsection (3) that affects registered land occurs when the order is made notwithstanding the provisions of the Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006. ... C2 Application of Act extended (1.01.2016) by Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (21/2014), s. 26(8), S.I. No. 482 of 2015. Charging order 26. ... 6 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (8) A charging order affecting a house which is registered land within the meaning of the Regis- tration of Title Act 1964 shall be registrable as a burden affecting such land whether the person named in the order as the owner of the land is or is not registered under that Act as the owner of the land. C3 Application of collectively cited Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006 restricted (15.07.2015) by European Union (Bank Recovery and Resolution) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 289 of 2015), reg. 76, in effect as per reg. 1(2). Effect of transfer by resolution order in relation to securities.

76. (1) On and after a transfer under a resolution order or a capital instruments order, or a transfer having effect in the State in accordance with Regulation 126 in relation to property referred to in paragraph (3)(d) or (e) of Regulation 75, or a security referred to in subparagraph (f) of that paragraph, transferred by the relevant order or in accordance with Regulation 126— (a) notwithstanding any provision of an Act referred to in paragraph (2) or any other Act that provides for the registration of assets or security, or any details of assets or security, a recipient is not required to become registered as owner of the security, (b) notwithstanding sections 62 and 64 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 (No. 16 of 1964), a recipient has, in relation to any charge that is or is part of such a security, the powers of a mortgagee under a mortgage by deed, even though the recipient is not registered as owner of the charge, (c) the recipient has the powers and rights conferred on the registered owner of a charge by the Registration of Title Act 1964, and (d) where the resolution order effects an extension of, or in relation to the security so as to include future advances by or future liabilities to the recipient, the extension or inclusion need not be registered under any Act referred to in paragraph (2) under which it would otherwise be required to be registered but operates for the purposes of those Acts as if made by deed duly registered under that Act on the time of the transfer. (2) The Acts referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (d) are the following: ... (d) the Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006; ... C4 Application of collectively cited Registration of Deeds and Titles Acts 1964 and 2006 restricted (21.09.2011) by European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), reg. 42(22). Screening for Appropriate Assessment and Appropriate Assessment of implications for European Sites 42. ... (22) Notwithstanding any provision of any statute listed in the Second Schedule that provides for the consent for a plan or project to which this Regulation applies to be obtained by default on the failure of the public authority to provide a response within a specified timescale or otherwise, that provision shall not have effect in respect of any plan or project to which this Regulation applies. ...

SECOND SCHEDULE ... Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006 ... C5 Application of collectively cited Registration of Deeds and Titles Acts 1964 and 2006 restricted (28.10.2011) by Credit Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011 (27/2011), s. 50(1)(a), (d) and (2), S.I. No. 548 of 2011. Effect of transfer order in relation to securities. 7 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] 50.— (1) On and after the transfer of assets and liabilities under a transfer order, in relation to property referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of subsection (4) of section 49 or a security referred to in paragraph (f) of that subsection, transferred by the order— (a) notwithstanding any provision of an Act referred to in subsection (2) or any other Act that provides for the registration of assets or security, or any details of assets or security, a transferee is not required to become registered as owner of the security, ... (c) the transferee has the powers and rights conferred on the registered owner of a charge by the Registration of Title Act 1964 , and (d) if the transfer order effects an extension of or in relation to the security so as to include future advances by or future liabilities to the transferee, the extension need not be registered under any Act referred to in subsection (2) under which it would otherwise be required to be registered, but operates for the purposes of those Acts as if made by deed duly registered under that Act on the time of the transfer. (2) The Acts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (1) are the following: ... (d) the Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006; ... C6 Application of collectively cited Registration of Deeds and Titles Acts 1964 and 2006 restricted (21.12.2010) by Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 (36/2010), s. 40(1)(a), (d) and (2), S.I. No. 623 of 2010. Effect of transfer order in relation to securities. 40.— (1) On and after the transfer of assets and liabilities under a transfer order, in relation to property referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of section 39 (4) or a security referred to in paragraph (f) of that section, transferred by the order— (a) notwithstanding any provision of an Act listed in subsection (2) or any other Act that provides for the registration of assets or security, or any details of assets or security, a transferee is not required to become registered as owner of the security, ... (d) where the transfer order effects an extension of or in relation to the security so as to include future advances by or future liabilities to the transferee, the extension need not be registered under any Act listed in subsection (2) under which it would otherwise be required to be registered, but operates for the purposes of those Acts as if made by deed duly registered under that Act on the date of transfer. (2) The Acts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (1) are the following: ... (d) the Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006; ... C7 Application of collectively cited Registration of Deeds and Titles Acts 1964 and 2006 restricted (21.12.2009) by National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 (34/2009), s. 107(1)(c), S.I. No. 545 of 2009. NAMA not required to register certain instruments, etc. 107.— (1) Where a bank asset has been acquired by NAMA or a NAMA group entity— (a) notwithstanding anything in any Act listed in subsection (2) or any other Act that provides for the registration of assets, security or details of them, NAMA or the NAMA group entity is not required to become registered as owner of any security that is part of the bank asset, (b) notwithstanding sections 62 and 64 of the Registration of Title Act 1964, NAMA or the NAMA group entity has, in relation to any such charge, the powers of a mortgagee under 8 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] a mortgage by deed, even though NAMA or the NAMA group entity is not registered as owner of any such charge, (c) NAMA or the NAMA group entity has the powers and rights conferred on the registered owner of a charge by the Registration of Title Act 1964. (2) The Acts referred to subsection (1) (a) are the following: ... (d) the Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006; ... C8 Application of Act restricted (21.02.2003) by Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 (1/2003), s. 62(2), commenced on enactment, as amended (4.11.2006) by Finance Act 2008 (3/2008), s. 128(1)(b), commenced as per subs. (2). Certificate relating to registration of title based on possession. 62.— ... (2) A person shall not be registered as owner of property in a register of ownership maintained under the Act of 1964 on foot of an application made to the [Authority] on or after the date of the passing of this Act which is— (a) based on possession, and (b) made under the Rules of 1972, or any other rule made for carrying into effect the objects of the Act of 1964, unless the applicant produces to the [Authority] a certificate issued by the Commissioners to the effect that the Commissioners are satisfied— (i) that the property did not become charged with gift tax or inheritance tax during the relevant period, or (ii) that any charge for gift tax or inheritance tax to which the property became subject during that period has been discharged, or will (to the extent that it has not been discharged) be discharged within a time considered by the Commissioners to be reasonable. ... C9 Application of Act modified (22.03.2002) by Asset Covered Securities Act 2001 (47/2001), s. 58(10), S.I. No. 94 of 2002. Transfer of business or assets from one credit institution to another. 58.— ... (10) A transfer of an asset under this section, whether specifically or as part of a transfer of a business, does not need to be registered under the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Acts, 1879 and 1883, the Companies Act, 1963, the Registration of Title Act, 1964, and any other Act that provides for the registration of assets or details of them. For the purposes of any of those Acts that would apply to it but for this subsection, such a transfer has effect as a deed registered on the date on which it took effect. ... C10 Application of Act restricted (20.04.2001) by Trustee Savings Banks Act 1989 (Section 57) (TSB Bank) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 175 of 2001), reg. 5(e). CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS 5. The following shall have effect with effect from the transfer date— ... (e) a security held by TSB Bank as security for a debt or other liability to TSB Bank incurred before the transfer date shall be available to the transferee as security for the discharge of that debt or liability and where the security extends to future or prospective debts or liabilities, shall be available as security for the discharge of debts or liabilities to the transferee incurred on or after the transfer date and in relation to a security, the trans- feree shall be entitled to all the rights and priorities (howsoever arising) and shall be 9 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] subject to all liabilities to which TSB Bank would have been entitled or subject to if TSB Bank had not been reorganised into the transferee, and in relation thereto the following provisions shall have effect; (i) the transfer of any such security effected or deemed to have been effected by this Order shall not require registration under or in pursuance of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the Registration of Title Act, 1964, or section 99 of the Act of 1963, but shall operate for the purposes of those Acts as if it were made by deed duly registered on the transfer date under or in pursuance of whichever of those Acts may be appli- cable thereto; (ii) to the extent that this Order effects an extension of or in relation to any such security so as to include future advances or future liabilities to the transferee, such extension shall not require registration under or in pursuance of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Acts, 1879 and 1883, the Registration of Title Act, 1964, or section 99 of the Act of 1963, but shall operate for the purposes of those Acts as if it were made by deed duly registered on the transfer date under or in pursuance of whichever of those Acts may be applicable thereto; ... C11 Application of Act restricted by Trustee Savings Banks Act 1989 (21/1989), s. 57(12)(e), (13)(b)-(c), and (14), as substituted (28.03.2001) by Trustee Savings Banks (Amendment) Act 2001 (6/2001), s. 1, commenced on enactment. Authorisation by Minister for Finance of reorganisation of trustee savings banks into companies. 57.— ... (12) An order may include provisions to the effect that— ... (e) a security held by a bank as security for a debt or other liability to the bank incurred before the transfer date shall be available to the relevant company as security for the discharge of that debt or liability and where the security extends to future or prospective debts or liabilities, shall be available as security for the discharge of debts or liabilities to the relevant company incurred on or after the transfer date and in relation to a security, the relevant company shall be entitled to all the rights and priorities (howsoever arising) and shall be subject to all liabilities to which the bank would have been entitled or subject to if the bank had not been reorganised into the relevant company, and in relation thereto the following provisions shall have effect— (i) the transfer of any such security effected or deemed to have been effected by an order shall not require registration under or in pursuance of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the Registration of Title Act, 1964, or section 99 of the Act of 1963, but shall operate for the purposes of those Acts as if it were made by deed duly registered on the transfer date under or in pursuance of whichever of those Acts may be appli- cable thereto, (ii) where an order effects an extension of or in relation to any such security so as to include future advances or future liabilities to the relevant company such extension shall not require registration under or in pursuance of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Acts, 1879 and 1883, the Registration of Title Act, 1964, or section 99 of the Act of 1963, but shall operate for the purposes of those Acts as if it were made by deed duly registered on the transfer date under or in pursuance of whichever of those Acts may be applicable thereto; ... (13) ... (b) An order insofar as it provides for the transfer of any property (whether real or personal) or any agreement or deed made pursuant to an order shall not require registration under or in pursuance of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the Registration of Title Act, 1964, section 99 of the Act of 1963 or any other Act, but shall operate for the purposes of those Acts as if the transfer of any property concerned were made by deed duly registered on the transfer date under or in pursuance of whichever of those Acts may be applicable thereto, and subject, where necessary, to a transfer in the books of any 10 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] bank, corporation or company, the property so transferred shall become the property of and be absolutely vested in the relevant company for all the estate, term or interest for which the same immediately before such transfer was vested in or belonged to or was held in trust for the relevant owner. (c) An order or any agreement or deed made pursuant to an order may, at the option of the relevant company be registered pursuant to the provisions of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the Registration of Title Act, 1964, section 99 of the Act of 1963 or any other Act. (14) Without prejudice to the foregoing, an order may make provision for such other matters including the vesting in the relevant company of all or part of the business, property, rights and liabilities of the bank concerned (including deposits in the bank concerned and the liabilities referable thereto) and adaptation and modification, as respects the relevant company of statutes and instruments made under statute as the Minister considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of the reorganisation concerned and for enabling any such reorganisation to have full effect. ... C12 Application of Act restricted (11.04.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (13/1994), s. 146(1), commenced as per subs. (1), as amended (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Certificate relating to registration of title based on possession. 146.—(1) After the passing of this Act a person shall not be registered as owner of property in a register of ownership maintained under the Act of 1964 on foot of an application made to the [Authority] on or after the 11th day of April, 1994, which is— (a) based on possession, and (b) made under the Rules of 1972, or any other rule made for carrying into effect the objects of the Act of 1964, unless the applicant produces to the [Authority] a certificate issued by the Commissioners to the effect that the Commissioners are satisfied— (i) that the property did not become charged with gift tax or inheritance tax during the relevant period, or (ii) that any charge for gift tax or inheritance tax to which the property became subject during that period has been discharged, or will (to the extent that it has not been discharged) be discharged within a time considered by the Commissioners to be reasonable. ... C13 Application of Act restricted (1.02.1990) by Trustee Savings Banks Act 1989 (21/1989), s. 51, S.I. No. 21 of 1990 as amended (21.12.2010) by Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 (36/2010), s. 73 and sch. 1 part 3 item 9, S.I. No. 623 of 2010. Rights and obligations in relation to transferred securities. 51.—The amalgamated bank shall, in relation to [any property transferred in accordance with or by virtue of the provisions of section 34A or] any security transferred or deemed to have been transferred to the amalgamated bank in accordance with or by virtue of the provisions of section 50 and the moneys thereby secured in accordance with those provisions, be entitled to the same rights and priorities and subject to the same obligations and incidents as the bank concerned would have been entitled and subject to if the security had continued to be held by the bank concerned, and in relation thereto the following provisions shall have effect: (a) the transfer of any such security effected or deemed to be effected by section 50 shall not require registration under or in pursuance of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the pre-Union Irish statute 33 Geo. 2, c. 14 (Ir.), the Registration of Title Act, 1964, or section 99 of the Act of 1963, but shall operate for the purposes of those Acts as if it were made by deed duly registered on the amalgamation day under or in pursuance of whichever of those Acts may be applicable thereto; 11 PT. I S. 1 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (b) where section 50 effects an extension of or in relation to any such security so as to include future advances by or future liabilities to the amalgamated bank, such extension shall not require registration under or in pursuance of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Acts, 1879 and 1883, the Registration of Title Act, 1964, or section 99 of the Act of 1963, but shall operate for the purposes of those Acts as if it were made by deed duly registered on the amalgamation day under or in pursuance of whichever of those Acts may be applicable thereto. C14 Application of Act restricted (1.09.1971) by Central Bank Act 1971 (24/1971), s. 36, S.I. No. 228 of 1971, as amended (21.12.2010) by Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 (36/2010), s. 73 and sch. 1 part 3 item 9, S.I. No. 623 of 2010. Rights and obligations in relation to transferred securities. 36.—The transferee shall, in relation to [any property transferred in accordance with or by virtue of the provisions of section 34A or] any security transferred or deemed to have been transferred to the transferee in accordance with J or by virtue of the provisions of section 35 of this Act and the moneys thereby secured in accordance with those provisions, be entitled to the same rights and priorities and subject to the same obligations and incidents as the transferor would have been entitled and subject to if the same had continued to be held by the transferor, and in relation thereto the following provisions shall have effect— (a) the transfer of any such security effected or deemed to be effected by section 35 of this Act shall not require registration under or in pursuance of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the pre-Union Irish statute 33 Geo. 2, c. 14 (Ir.), the Registration of Title Act, 1964, or section 99 of the Companies Act, 1963, but shall operate for the purposes of those Acts as if it were made by deed duly registered on the transfer date under or in pursuance of whichever of those Acts may be applicable thereto; (b) where section 35 of this Act effects an extension of or in relation to any such security so as to include future advances by or future liabilities to the transferee, such extension shall not require registration under or in pursuance of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1707, the Bills of sale (Ireland) Acts, 1879 and 1883, the Registration of Title Act, 1964, or section 99 of the Companies Act, 1963, but shall operate for the purposes of those Acts as if it were made by deed duly registered on the transfer date under or in pursuance of whichever of those Acts may be applicable thereto. Editorial Notes: E1 Previous affecting provision: application of Act modified (2.10.1972) by Land Registration Rules 1972 (S.I. No. 230 of 1972), rls. 226-227; revoked (rescinded) (1.02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012), rule 1, in force as per rule. PART I P RELIMINARY AND G ENERAL Short title. 1.—This Act may be cited as the Registration of Title Act, 1964. Commencement. 2.—This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Justice by order appoints 12 PT. I S. 2 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Editorial Notes: E2 Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1967) by Registration of Title Act, 1964 (Commencement) Order 1966 (S.I. No. 167 of 1966). 2. The 1st day of January, 1967, is hereby appointed as the day on which the Registration of Title Act, 1964, shall come into operation. Interpretation. 3.—(1) In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires— “the Act of 1891” means the Registration of Title Act, 1891; “assignment on sale” has the meaning assigned to it by section 24; F1[...] F2[...] “conveyance” has the same meaning as in the Conveyancing Acts; “conveyance on sale” has the meaning assigned to it by section 24; “Conveyancing Acts” means the Conveyancing Acts, 1881 to 1911; “the court” has the meaning assigned to it by section 18; “disposition” includes transfer and charge; “drainage charge” includes any charge payable under the Landed Property Improve- ment (Ireland) Act, 1847, or under the Drainage (Ireland) Act, 1842, and also any charge payable under the Drainage and Improvement of Land (Ireland) Act, 1863, or any provisional Order under the said Act duly confirmed, or under any other Act for the improvement or drainage of lands; “existing” means existing immediately before the commencement of this Act; “fee simple” includes estates held under fee farm grants and perpetuity grants; “former crown rent” has the same meaning as in the State Property Act, 1954; F3[‘freehold land’ means land the ownership of which is an estate in fee simple in possession;] “general rules” means rules under section 126; “incumbrance” has the same meaning as in the Conveyancing Acts; F4[‘index’ means an index maintained under this Act and includes, and is deemed always to have included, any index stored in electronic or other non-legible form which is capable of being converted into a permanent legible form;] F5[‘instrument’ has the meaning given to it by section 3 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;] F3[‘ judgment mortgage ’ means a mortgage registered by a judgment creditor pursuant to section 116 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;] F3[‘land’ has the meaning given to it by section 3 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;] “land certificate” has the meaning assigned to it by section 28; 13 PT. I S. 3 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] “Land Commission” means the Irish Land Commission; “land improvement charge” includes any charge for land improvement loans payable to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland under the Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1847; “Land Purchase Acts” includes F6[...] the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Acts; “Land Registry” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7; “lease” means any contract of tenancy and includes an agreement for a lease; “leasehold interest” means an F3[estate] in land under a lease for a term of years of which more than twenty-one F4[(or such other number as may be prescribed)] are unexpired at the date of registration, not being a term for securing money, with or without a covenant for renewal, and includes an interest held at a rent under a lease for a life or lives, or determinable on a life or lives, F4[and the right or interest of a person who has barred, under the Statute of Limitations 1957, the right of action of a person entitled to such leasehold interest,] and where a lease in possession and a reversionary lease to take effect in possession upon the expiry of the first-mentioned lease are so held that the interest under both leases belongs to the same person under the same right, such leases, so far as they relate to land comprised in both leases, shall be deemed to create one continuous term in possession; F2[...] F2[...] “mortgage” has the same meaning as in the Conveyancing Acts; F5[‘owner’ includes full owner;] “personal representative” means the executor, original or by representation, or the administrator of a deceased person; “possession” includes the receipt of the rents and profits; “prescribed” means prescribed by general rules; F4[‘record’ includes any book, index or document and any information in electronic or other non-legible form which is capable of being converted into a permanent legible form;] F7[‘register’ means a register maintained under this Act and includes, and is deemed always to have included, any register kept in electronic or other non-legible form which is capable of being converted into a permanent legible form;] “registered land” means land of which an owner is or is deemed to be registered under this Act; F2[...] “F8[the Authority]” means the F8[the Authority]; F1[...] “Registry of Judgments” means the office established by the Judgments (Ireland) Act, 1844; “registry map” has the meaning assigned to it by section 84; F4[‘registry maps’ means the maps referred to in section 84;] “repealed enactments” means the Registration of Title Acts, 1891 and 1942, repealed by this Act; 14 PT. I S. 3 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] “right” includes estate, interest, equity and power; F1[...] F1[...] “State bond” means a bond entered into with any person acting on behalf of the State, including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, a bond entered into with the Minister for Finance under section 39 of the Finance Act, 1924, and a Crown bond; “statutory authority” means— (a) a Minister of State, (b) the Land Commission, (c) the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, (d) any local or public authority, or (e) any company or other body of persons established by or by direction of any enactment; “tithe rent charge” includes any annual sum payable to the Land Commission under section 32 of the Irish Church Act, 1869; “unregistered land” means land of which an owner is not registered or deemed to be registered under this Act; “will” includes codicil. (2) F9[...] (3) In this Act, references to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended or extended by any other enactment, including this Act. (4) In this Act, a reference by number to a section is to the section of this Act bearing that number unless it is indicated that a reference to some other Act is intended. Annotations Amendments: F1 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 127(f), S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F2 Deleted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 50(e), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F3 Substituted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 127(b)-(e), S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F4 Inserted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 50(a), (d)(i) and (ii), S.I. No. 271 of 2006. F5 Inserted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 127(a), S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F6 Deleted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 50(c), S.I. No. 271 of 2006. 15 PT. I S. 3 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] F7 Substituted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 50(f), S.I. No. 271 of 2006. F8 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F9 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Editorial Notes: E3 Previous affecting provision: definition of judgment mortgage amended (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 50(b), S.I. No. 271 of 2006; substituted as per F-note above. Expenses. 4.—F10[...] Annotations Amendments: F10 Repealed (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(1) and sch. part 2, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Repeals. 5.—The enactments mentioned in the Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column. Continuance of 6.—(1) F11[The Authority] and other officers acting under the repealed enactments existing officers, shall continue to act as if appointed under this Act. offices, registers, instruments and documents. (2) All offices established under the repealed enactments shall continue to be used under this Act. (3) A register maintained under the repealed enactments shall form part of the appropriate register under this Act. (4) All instruments and documents made or issued under the repealed enactments shall, if in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, continue in force and have the same validity as if made or issued under this Act. Annotations Amendments: F11 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. PART II L AND R EGISTRY , R EGISTERS , F12[ THE A UTHORITY ] AND J URISDICTION 16 PT. II S. 7 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F12 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Land Registry F13[ Land 7.— (1) There shall be an office or offices for the purpose of registering the Registry. ownership of land in the State. (2) The office or offices shall be known as the Land Registry. (3) The Land Registry shall be under the management and control of the Property Registration Authority.] Annotations Amendments: F13 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 51, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Editorial Notes: E4 Power pursuant to section exercised (18.08.1997) by Registration of Title Act, 1964 (Central Office) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 340 of 1997). E5 Previous affecting provision: section amended (16.07.1997) by Registration of Title (Amendment) Act 1997 (35/1997), s. 1, commenced on enactment; superseded as per F-note above. Registers Registers of 8.—There shall be maintained in the F14[Land Registry]— ownership. (a) registers of— (i) ownership of freehold land, and (ii) ownership of leasehold interests, excluding incorporeal hereditaments held in gross; (b) a register of ownership of— (i) land comprising incorporeal hereditaments held in gross; (ii) such other rights in land as may be prescribed. Annotations Amendments: F14 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(4), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. 17 PT. II S. 9 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] [The Authority] The Registrar of 9.—F16[...] Titles Annotations Amendments: F16 Repealed (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(1) and sch. part 2, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Editorial Notes: E6 Previous affecting provision: subs. (5) amended (6.10.2004) by Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (7/2004), s. 61(1) and sch. 2 part 1, commenced on enactment; superseded as per F-note above. Local registrars. 10.—F17[...] Annotations Amendments: F17 Repealed (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(1) and sch. part 2, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Relations of the 11.—F18[...] Registrar and local registrars. Annotations Amendments: F18 Repealed (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(1) and sch. part 2, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Officers of 12.—F19[...] central and local offices. Annotations Amendments: F19 Repealed (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(1) and sch. part 2, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Exercise of 13.—F20[...] powers of regis- tering authori- ties. 18 PT. II S. 13 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F20 Repealed (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(1) and sch. part 2, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Fees. 14.—F21[...] Annotations Amendments: F21 Repealed (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(1) and sch. part 2, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Editorial Notes: E7 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (1.05.2000) by Land Registration (Fees) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 343 of 1999); revoked (1.12.2012) by Land Registration (Fees) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 380 of 2012). E8 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (1.04.1992) by Land Registration (Fees) Order 1991 (S.I. No. 363 of 1991); revoked (1.05.1999) by Land Registration (Fees) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 343 of 1999), art. 2. E9 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (1.01.1988) by Land Registration Fees Order 1987 (S.I. No. 249 of 1987). E10 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (1.03.1984) by Land Registration Fees Order 1983 (S.I. No. 388 of 1983); revoked 1.04.1992 by Land Registration (Fees) Order 1991 (S.I. No. 363 of 1991), art. 2. E11 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (1.12.1981) by Land Registration Fees Order 1981 (S.I. No. 370 of 1981); revoked (1.03.1984) by Land Registration Fees Order 1983 (S.I. No. 388 of 1983), art. 2. E12 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (1.10.1980) by Land Registration Fees Order 1980 (S.I. No. 255 of 1980); revoked (1.12.1981) by Land Registration Fees Order 1981 (S.I. No. 370 of 1981), art. 2. E13 Previous affecting provision: application of subs. (2) restricted (1.08.1978 to 1.08.1983) by Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978 (16/1978), s. 23(7), commenced as per s. 2. E14 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (3.04.1978) by Land Registration Fees (No. 2) Order 1978 (S.I. No. 74 of 1978); revoked (1.10.1980) by Land Registration Fees Order 1980 (S.I. No. 255 of 1980), art. 2. E15 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (8.03.1978) by Land Registration Fees Order 1978 (S.I. No. 40 of 1978); revoked (1.10.1980) by Land Registration Fees Order 1980 (S.I. No. 255 of 1980), art. 2. E16 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (1.11.1974) by Land Registration Fees Order 1974 (S.I. No. 315 of 1974); revoked (8.03.1978) by Land Registration Fees Order 1978 (S.I. No. 40 of 1978), art. 2. E17 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (1.01.1967) by Land Registration Fees (No. 2) Order 1966 (S.I. No. 276 of 1966); revoked (8.03.1978) by Land Registration Fees Order 1978 (S.I. No. 40 of 1978), art. 2. 19 PT. II S. 15 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Official seals. 15.—F22[...] Annotations Amendments: F22 Repealed (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(1) and sch. part 2, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Powers of 16.—(1) Subject to general rules, F23[the Authority] may, by summons under F24[its] F23[the Authori- seal, require the attendance of all such persons as F24[it] thinks fit in relation to the ty]. registration of any title. (2) F24[It] may, by like summons, require any person having the custody of any map, survey or book made or kept in pursuance of any enactment to produce the map, survey or book for inspection. (3) F24[It] may examine on oath any person appearing before F24[it] and administer an oath accordingly. (4) F24[It] may allow to any person summoned by F24[it] the reasonable expenses of his attendance. (5) Any expenses allowed in pursuance of this section shall be deemed to be charges incurred in or about proceedings for registration, and may be dealt with in such manner as may be prescribed. (6) If any person, after the delivery to him of a summons under this section, or of a copy thereof, and after having had a tender made to him of the expenses, if any, to which he is entitled, wilfully neglects or refuses to attend in pursuance of the summons, or to produce such maps, surveys, books or other documents as he may be required to produce under this Act, or to answer on oath or otherwise such ques- tions as may be lawfully put to him by F23[the Authority] under the powers of this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds. Annotations Amendments: F23 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F24 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Proceedings by 17.—F26[...] and against F25[Registrar]. Annotations Amendments: F25 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. 20 PT. II S. 17 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] F26 Repealed (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(1) and sch. part 2, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Jurisdiction of the Court The court. 18.—(1) The High Court and, subject to the provisions of this Act, the Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of this Act and “the court” shall in this Act be construed accordingly. (2) Unless the necessary parties to the proceedings sign, either before or at any time during the hearing, the form of consent prescribed by rules of court, the Circuit Court shall not have jurisdiction in relation to land the F27[market value] of which exceeds F27[€3,000,000]. (3) The jurisdiction of the Circuit Court to hear and determine any matter under this Act in relation to land shall be exercised by the judge of the circuit where the land or any part of the land is situate. F28[(4) In this section ‘market value’ means, in relation to land, the price that would have been obtained in respect of the unencumbranced fee simple were the land to have been sold on the open market, in the year immediately preceding the bringing of the proceedings concerned, in such manner and subject to such conditions as might reasonably be calculated to have resulted in the vendor obtaining the best price for the land.] Annotations Amendments: F27 Substituted (11.01.2017) by Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004), s. 46(a), S.I. No. 2 of 2017. F28 Inserted (11.01.2017) by Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (31/2004), s. 46(b), S.I. No. 2 of 2017. Editorial Notes: E18 Previous affecting provision: subs. (2) amended (15.08.1991) by Courts Act 1991 (20/1991), s. 3, commenced as per s. 23(3); amended as per F-note above. Appeal and refer- 19.—(1) Any person aggrieved by an order or decision of F29[the Authority] may ence to the appeal to the court and the court may annul or confirm, with or without modification, court. the order or decision. (2) Whenever F29[the Authority] entertains a doubt as to any question of law or of fact arising in the course of registration under this Act, F30[it] may make an order referring the question to the court. (3) In any proceeding under this section the court shall, if so requested by F29[the Authority], and may in any case, if necessary, appoint a guardian or other person to represent any infant, person of unsound mind, person absent from the State, unborn person or person as to whom it is not known whether he is alive or dead; and, if satisfied that the interests of any person so represented are sufficiently protected by the representation, may make an order declaring that he shall be conclusively bound by the decision of the court and thereupon he shall, subject to the right under this Act to appeal on special leave, be bound accordingly, as if he were a party. 21 PT. II S. 19 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F29 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F30 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Enforcement by 20.—If any person disobeys an order of F31[the Authority] made in pursuance of High Court of this Act, F31[the Authority] may certify the disobedience to the High Court and order of F31[the Authority]. thereupon the person guilty of the disobedience may, subject to his right of appeal to that Court from such order, be punished by the Court as if the order of F31[the Authority] were the order of the Court. Annotations Amendments: F31 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F32[The Authori- 21.—(1) F32[The Authority] shall obey the order of a court of competent jurisdiction ty] to obey order in relation to registered land. of court. (2) F32[The Authority] may, where F33[it] considers it necessary, apply to the court which has made such order either to vary the same or to give directions as to the mode in which it is to be obeyed; and thereupon the court, after such notice, if any, as it may direct, may vary such order in such manner, or make such new order, as it may think fit. Annotations Amendments: F32 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F33 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Power of court in 22.—Where an action is instituted for the specific performance of a contract relating action for specific to registered land or a registered charge, the court before which the action is pending performance may cause all or any parties who have registered rights in the land or charge, or have entered cautions or inhibitions against the same, to appear in the action and show cause why the contract should not be specifically performed, and the order of the court in the action shall be binding on those parties or any of them. PART III R EGISTRATION OF O WNERSHIP Compulsory Registration 22 PT. III S. 23 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Compulsory regis- 23.—(1) The registration of the ownership of freehold land shall be compulsory in tration. the following cases— (a) where the land has been F34[...] at any time sold and conveyed to or vested in any person under any of the provisions of the Land Purchase Acts or the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1962; (b) where the land is acquired, after the commencement of this Act, by a statutory authority; (c) in any case to which subsection (2) F35[or (2A)] of section 24 applies. F36[(1A) Where land has been sold, conveyed or vested under the Irish Church Act 1869 and its ownership has not been registered, registration of ownership of the land is deemed never to have been required merely by virtue of the sale, conveyance or vesting.] (2) The registration of the ownership of a leasehold interest shall be compulsory in the following cases— (a) where the interest is acquired, after the commencement of this Act, by a statutory authority; (b) in any case to which subsection (2) F35[or (2A)] of section 24 applies. (3) The provisions of this Act in relation to registration of ownership do not apply to an estate or interest in reversion, remainder or expectancy. Annotations Amendments: F34 Repealed (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 52(a), S.I. No. 271 of 2006. F35 Inserted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 52(b) and (d), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F36 Inserted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 52(c), S.I. No. 271 of 2006. Modifications (not altering text): C15 Application of section restricted (21.12.2009) by National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 (34/2009), s. 107(7), S.I. No. 545 of 2009. NAMA not required to register certain instruments, etc. 107.— ... (7) Sections 23 and 25 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 do not apply to NAMA or a NAMA group entity. ... C16 Application of section restricted (28.02.2002) by ACC Bank Act 2001 (12/2001), s. 8, S.I. No. 69 of 2002. Registration of Title Act, 1964. 8.—(1) Section 23 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964, shall not apply to ACC. (2) All estates and interests in freehold land and all leasehold interests in land which, before the commencement of this section, have been conveyed, granted or assigned to or otherwise acquired by or vested in ACC (and which have not been disposed of by ACC on commencement of this section) shall vest in ACC notwithstanding that ownership of such estates and interests has 23 PT. III S. 23 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] not been registered in the Land Registry in accordance with sections 23 and 25 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964. C17 Application of section restricted (1.09.1992) by Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (18/1992), s. 11(6), S.I. No. 223 of 1992. Housing loans by housing authorities. 11.— ... (6) Where a housing authority recover possession of a house, property or other land under subsection (5)(a)— ... (b) the provisions of section 23 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964, shall not apply to such vesting unless the house is retained by the authority in accordance with subsection (7) (b). ... Extension of F37[24.—(1) The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, after consultation compulsory regis- with the Authority, may by order provide that this section shall apply to— tration. (a) a specified area, including a local government area within the meaning of section 10 of the Local Government Act 2001, (b) specified land, or (c) specified land in such an area, F38[on and after] a specified day, not being earlier than 6 months after the making of the order. (2) Where this section applies, the registration of ownership of the land concerned shall, if not already compulsory, become compulsory— (a) in the case of freehold land, upon its conveyance on sale, and (b) in the case of a leasehold interest, upon the grant or assignment on sale of such an interest. (2A) An order under this section may provide that the registration of ownership of land to which this section applies shall, if not already compulsory, become compulsory in the case of specified dispositions of land other than those mentioned in subsection (2). (2B) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order under this section, including an order under this subsection.] (3) In this Part “conveyance on sale” and “assignment on sale” mean an instrument made on sale for money or money’s worth by virtue of which there is conferred or completed a title in respect of which an application for registration as owner may be made, and include a conveyance or assignment by way of exchange where money is paid for equality of exchange and also include any contract, agreement, condition or covenant affecting the property comprised in the conveyance or assignment and entered into or made as part of, or in association with, such conveyance or assignment. Annotations Amendments: F37 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 53, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. 24 PT. III S. 24 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] F38 Substituted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Modifications (not altering text): C18 Functions transferred and references to “Department of Justice and Equality” and “Minister for Justice and Equality” construed (1.01.2018) by Property Registration Authority (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 574 of 2017), arts. 2 and 3, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8. Note change of Title of Minister and name of Department from Justice, Equality and Law Reform to Justice and Law Reform (2.06.2010) by Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 216 of 2010), in effect as per art. 1(2). 2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of the functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. (2) References to the Department of Justice and Equality contained in any Act or any instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. 3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Justice and Equality by or under– (a) the Registration of Titles Act 1964 (No. 16 of 1964), ... are transferred to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (2) References to the Minister for Justice and Equality contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Govern- ment. Editorial Notes: E19 Power pursuant to section exercised (1.06.2011) by Registration of Title Act 1964 (Compulsory Registration of Ownership) (Cork and Dublin) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 516 of 2010). E20 Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2010) by Registration of Title Act 1964 (Compulsory Registration of Ownership) (Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Monaghan, North Tipperary, Offaly, South Tipperary and Waterford) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 176 of 2009). E21 Power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.2008) by Registration of Title Act 1964 (Compulsory Registration of Ownership) (Clare, Kilkenny, Louth, Sligo, Wexford and Wicklow) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 81 of 2008). E22 Provision for order under section to be laid before Houses of the Oireachtas made (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 6, S.I. No. 272 of 2006. E23 Power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.2006) by Registration of Title Act 1964 (Compulsory Registration of Ownership) (Longford, Roscommon and Westmeath) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 605 of 2005). E24 Power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1970) by Compulsory Registration of Ownership (Carlow, Laoighis and Meath) Order 1969 (S.I. No. 87 of 1969). E25 Previous affecting provision: vesting certificate deemed to be conveyance on sale for purposes of section (1.08.1978) by Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978 (16/1978), s. 22(3), commenced as per s. 2; Part III including s. 22 ceased to have effect (1.08.1983) as per s. 18. 25 PT. III S. 25 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Effect of failure F39[25.— A person shall not acquire an estate or interest in land in any case in to register where which registration of ownership of the land is or becomes compulsory under section registration compulsory. 23 or 24 unless the person is registered as owner of the estate or interest within 6 months after the purported acquisition or at such later time as the Authority (or, in case of refusal, the court) may sanction in any particular case, but on any such registration the person’s title shall relate back to the date of the purported acquisition, and any dealings with the land before the registration shall have effect accordingly.] Annotations Amendments: F39 Substituted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 128, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Modifications (not altering text): C19 Application of section restricted (21.12.2009) by National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 (34/2009), s. 107(7), S.I. No. 545 of 2009. NAMA not required to register certain instruments, etc. 107.— ... (7) Sections 23 and 25 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 do not apply to NAMA or a NAMA group entity. ... C20 Application of section restricted (28.02.2002) by ACC Bank Act 2001 (12/2001), s. 8, S.I. No. 69 of 2002. Registration of Title Act, 1964. 8.— ... (2) All estates and interests in freehold land and all leasehold interests in land which, before the commencement of this section, have been conveyed, granted or assigned to or otherwise acquired by or vested in ACC (and which have not been disposed of by ACC on commencement of this section) shall vest in ACC notwithstanding that ownership of such estates and interests has not been registered in the Land Registry in accordance with sections 23 and 25 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964. C21 Application of section modified (1.09.1992) by Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (18/1992), s. 3(6), S.I. No. 223 of 1992; repealed by Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (22/2009), s. 7 and sch. 1 item 3, not commenced as of date of revision. Granting of shared ownership leases by housing authorities, etc. 3.— ... (6) Where a housing authority are, by virtue of section 23 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964, required to register the ownership of a house in respect of which a shared ownership lease is granted by them, section 25 of that Act shall apply as if the reference to six months in the said section 25 were a reference to eighteen months. ... Editorial Notes: E26 Previous affecting provision: section substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 54, S.I. No. 511 of 2006; superseded as per F-note above. E27 Previous affecting provision: vesting certificate deemed to be conveyance on sale for purposes of section (1.08.1978) by Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978 (16/1978), s. 22(3), commenced as per s. 2; Part III including s. 22 ceased to have effect (1.08.1983) as per s. 18. 26 PT. III S. 26 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Registration by 26.—(1) In the case of any land to which paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section Land Commission. 23 applies sold or conveyed to or vested in or deemed to be sold or conveyed to or vested in a purchaser under the Land Purchase Acts prior to the 1st day of January, 1892, the Land Commission, in order that the registration of the ownership of the lands may be effected, may transmit to F40[the Authority] the prescribed particulars respecting the land and the name of the person appearing to them to be in possession thereof and F40[the Authority] shall thereupon register that person as the owner of the land. (2) Subject to subsection (1), whenever the Land Commission vest land in a purchaser under the Land Purchase Acts by vesting order, or other instrument, they shall forthwith furnish to F40[the Authority] such documents as may be prescribed for the purpose of registration and thereupon F40[the Authority] shall register the ownership of the person named in the said instrument, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (3) The ownership of every person so registered shall, unless F40[the Authority] is satisfied that the grant of an absolute or qualified title is warranted, be registered with a possessory title. (4) In the case of unregistered land to which subsection (2) applies, the following provisions shall have effect— (a) such land shall, on and after the date of the instrument, be deemed to be registered land within the meaning of this Act and this Act shall apply to such land accordingly; (b) such land shall, on and after the date of the instrument, be exempt from the provisions of the Acts relating to the Registry of Deeds. Annotations Amendments: F40 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. General Provisions as to Registration Classes of owners 27.—F41[...] who may be registered. Annotations Amendments: F41 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) and sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Land certificate. 28.—F42[...] 27 PT. III S. 28 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F42 Repealed (1.01.2007) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 73(1)(a), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Rectification on 29.—Where an order is made under section 30 of the Land Act, 1931, amending a amendment of vesting order, F43[the Authority] shall on the lodgment with F44[it] of an office copy vesting order. of the order rectify the register in conformity with the vesting order as so amended. Annotations Amendments: F43 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F44 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Fraudulent dispo- 30.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act with respect to registered dispositions sitions and for valuable consideration, any disposition of land or of a charge on land which if entries. unregistered would be fraudulent and void, shall, notwithstanding registration, be fraudulent and void in like manner. (2) Any entry, erasure or alteration in the register made by fraud shall be void as between all parties or privies to the fraud. Conclusiveness of 31.—(1) The register shall be conclusive evidence of the title of the owner to the register. land as appearing on the register and of any right, privilege, appurtenance or burden as appearing thereon; and such title shall not, in the absence of actual fraud, be in any way affected in consequence of such owner having notice of any deed, document, or matter relating to the land; but nothing in this Act shall interfere with the jurisdic- tion of any court of competent jurisdiction based on the ground of actual fraud or mistake, and the court may upon such ground make an order directing the register to be rectified in such manner and on such terms as it thinks just. (2) The validity of registration of ownership of unregistered land shall not be affected by reason that the person thereby shown to be registered as owner was then dead and any person who proves to the satisfaction of F45[the Authority] that he is entitled to the land may be registered as owner thereof. Annotations Amendments: F45 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Rectification of F46[32.—(1) Where any error originating in the Land Registry (whether of errors in registra- misstatement, misdescription, omission or otherwise, and whether in a register or tion. registry map) occurs in registration— 28 PT. III S. 32 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (a) the Authority may, with the consent of the registered owner of the land and of such other persons as may appear to be interested, rectify the error upon such terms as may be agreed to in writing by the parties, (b) the Authority may, if of opinion that the error can be rectified without loss to any person, rectify the error after giving such notices as may be prescribed, (c) the court, if of opinion that the error can be rectified without injustice to any person, may order the error to be rectified upon such terms as to costs or otherwise as it thinks just.] (2) F47[...] (3) F47[...] Annotations Amendments: F46 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 55, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F47 Repealed (1.01.2007) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 73(1)(a), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Freehold Land Classes of title F48[33.— (1) On registration of the ownership of unregistered freehold land, a which may be person may be registered with an absolute title, a qualified title or a possessory title. registered. (2) An application for registration may be made by such person, and shall be in such form and accompanied by such evidence of title, as may be prescribed. (3) The application shall be for registration with an absolute title, a qualified title or a possessory title. (4) The applicant shall be registered as owner with an absolute title where the title is approved by the Authority. (5) The applicant may be registered as owner with a qualified title where— (a) it appears to the Authority that the title can be established only for a limited period or only subject to certain reservations, and (b) the Authority, by an entry in the register, excepts from the effect of registra- tion any right— (i) arising before a specified date, (ii) arising under a specified instrument, or (iii) otherwise particularly described in the register. (6) The applicant may be registered as owner with a possessory title on giving such evidence of title as may be prescribed. (7) If, on an application for registration under this section, the Authority is not satisfied that the grant of the title applied for would be warranted or appropriate, it may, subject to subsection(8), register the applicant as owner with such one of the other titles provided for in this section as it considers would be warranted or appro- priate. 29 PT. III S. 33 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (8) Where registration of ownership is not compulsory, the Authority may not— (a) on an application for registration with an absolute title, register the applicant as owner with a qualified title without the applicant’s consent, or (b) on an application for registration with a title other than a possessory title, register the applicant as owner with a possessory title without such consent.] Annotations Amendments: F48 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 56, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Registration of 34.—On first registration of ownership of freehold land, F49[the Authority] shall burdens. enter on the register all burdens which appear on examination of the title to affect the land, except those to which, though not registered, the land is subject by virtue of section 72. Annotations Amendments: F49 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Registration 35.—Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, the registration subject to, or of ownership of freehold land was noted as being subject to any rights or equities, free from, equi- ties. pursuant to subsection (3) of section 29 of the Act of 1891, the title to the land shall be deemed to be a possessory title. Where it was not so noted, the title shall, subject to section 36, be deemed to be an absolute title. Effect of previous 36.—Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, the registration registration with of ownership of freehold land was with a qualified or possessory title, the title to the qualified or possessory title. land shall be deemed to be a qualified or possessory title, as the case may be, within the meaning of this Act. Effect of registra- 37.—(1) On registration of a person as full owner of freehold land with an absolute tion with abso- title, an estate in fee simple in the land, together with all implied or express rights, lute title. privileges and appurtenances belonging or appurtenant thereto, shall vest in the person so registered. (2) F50[...] (3) F51[...] the estate of the registered owner shall be subject to— (a) the burdens, if any, registered as affecting the land, and (b) the burdens to which, though not registered, the land is subject by virtue of section 72, but shall be free from all other rights, including rights of the State. (4) If the registered owner holds the land as trustee, nothing in this section shall affect his duties or liabilities as such trustee. 30 PT. III S. 37 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F50 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) and sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F51 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Effect of registra- 38.—(1) The registration of a person as first registered F52[...] owner of freehold tion with posses- land with a possessory title shall not affect or prejudice the enforcement of any right sory title. adverse to or in derogation of the title of that person and subsisting or capable of arising at the time of registration, but, save as aforesaid, shall have the same effect as registration with an absolute title. (2) “Right” in subsection (1) includes any rights or equities existing by reason of the interest of such owner being deemed to be a graft upon his previous interest in the land, and a reference in any other enactment to land registered subject to equities shall include land the registration of which is subject to any such rights or equities by virtue of that subsection. Annotations Amendments: F52 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Effect of registra- 39.—The registration of a person as first registered F53[...] owner of freehold land tion with quali- with a qualified title shall have the same effect as registration with an absolute title, fied title. save that registration with a qualified title shall not affect or prejudice the enforcement of any right appearing by the register to be excepted. Annotations Amendments: F53 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Leasehold Interests Classes of title F54[40.— (1) On registration of the ownership of an unregistered leasehold interest, which may be a person may be registered with an absolute title, a good leasehold title, a qualified registered. title or a possessory title. (2) An application for registration may be made by such person, and shall be in such form and accompanied by such evidence of title, as may be prescribed. (3) The application shall be for registration with an absolute title, a good leasehold title, a qualified title or a possessory title. (4) The applicant shall be registered as owner with an absolute title where the title to the leasehold interest, the freehold estate and any intermediate leasehold interest is approved by the Authority. 31 PT. III S. 40 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (5) The applicant shall be registered as owner with a good leasehold title where the title to the leasehold interest is approved by the Authority. (6) The applicant may be registered as owner with a qualified title where— (a) it appears to the Authority that the title, either of the lessor to the reversion or of the lessee to the leasehold interest, can be established only for a limited period or only subject to certain reservations, and (b) the Authority, by an entry in the register, excepts from the effect of registra- tion any right— (i) arising before a specified date, (ii) arising under a specified instrument, or (iii) otherwise particularly described in the register. (7) The applicant may be registered as owner with a possessory title on giving such evidence of title as may be prescribed. (8) If, on an application for registration under this section, the Authority is not satisfied that the grant of the title applied for would be warranted or appropriate, it may, subject to subsection (9), register the applicant as owner with such one of the other titles provided for in this section as it considers would be warranted or appro- priate. (9) Where registration of ownership of title is not compulsory, the Authority may not— (a) on an application for registration with an absolute title or a good leasehold title, register the applicant as owner with a qualified title without the appli- cant’s consent, or (b) on an application for registration with a title other than a possessory title, register the applicant as owner with a possessory title without such consent.] Annotations Amendments: F54 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 57, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Registration of 41.—On first registration of ownership of a leasehold interest, F55[the Authority] burdens. shall enter on the register all burdens which appear on examination of the title to affect the interest, except those to which, though not registered, the interest is subject by virtue of section 72. Annotations Amendments: F55 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. 32 PT. III S. 42 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Previous registra- 42.—Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, the registration tion with, and of ownership of a leasehold interest contained a note to the effect that the title of without, note as to lessor’s title. the lessor to make the lease had been investigated and found to be good and valid, the title to the leasehold interest shall be deemed to be an absolute title. Where there is no such note, the title shall, subject to section 43, be deemed to be a good leasehold title. Effect of previous 43.—Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, the registration registration with of ownership of a leasehold interest was with a qualified or possessory title, the title qualified or possessory title. to the land shall be deemed to be a qualified or possessory title, as the case may be, within the meaning of this Act. Effect of registra- 44.—(1) On registration of a person as full owner of a leasehold interest with an tion with abso- absolute title, the leasehold interest, together with all implied or express rights, lute title. privileges and appurtenances attached to it, shall vest in the person so registered. (2) F56[...] (3) F57[...] the interest of the registered owner shall be subject to— (a) the burdens, if any, registered as affecting the interest, (b) the burdens to which, though not registered, the interest is subject by virtue of section 72, and (c) all implied and express covenants, obligations and liabilities incident to the registered interest, but shall be free from all other rights, including rights of the State. (4) If the registered owner holds the interest as trustee, nothing in this section shall affect his duties or liabilities as such trustee. Annotations Amendments: F56 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) and sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F57 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Effect of registra- 45.—The registration of a person as first registered F58[...] owner of a leasehold tion with good interest with a good leasehold title shall not affect or prejudice the enforcement of leasehold title. any right adverse to or in derogation of the title of the lessor to grant the lease, but, save as aforesaid, shall have the same effect as registration with an absolute title. Annotations Amendments: F58 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. 33 PT. III S. 46 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Effect of registra- 46.—The registration of a person as first registered F59[...] owner of a leasehold tion with posses- interest with a possessory title shall not affect or prejudice the enforcement of any sory title. right (whether in respect of the lessor’s title or otherwise) adverse to or in derogation of the title of that person and subsisting or capable of arising at the time of registration but, save as aforesaid, shall have the same effect as registration with an absolute title. Annotations Amendments: F59 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Effect of registra- 47.—The registration of a person as first registered F60[...] owner of a leasehold tion with quali- interest with a qualified title shall not affect or prejudice the enforcement of any fied title. right appearing by the register to be excepted, but, save as aforesaid, shall have the same effect as registration with an absolute title or a good leasehold title, as the case may be. Annotations Amendments: F60 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Transfer of land 48.—Where a registered leasehold interest is converted under the provisions of from leasehold to any Act into a fee farm grant or grant in perpetuity, F61[the Authority] shall note on freehold register. the register in the prescribed manner the fact of such conversion, and provision shall be made by general rules for the transfer, on the prescribed examination of title, of land from the register of owners of leasehold interests to the register of owners of freehold land, but, until such transfer is made, the registered owner of the leasehold interest shall not, under the provisions of this Act, have any further or other title to the land than he would have had if the leasehold interest had not been so converted. Annotations Amendments: F61 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Title under Statute of Limitations Registration of 49.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Statute of Limitations, 1957, title acquired by shall apply to registered land as it applies to unregistered land. possession. (2) Where any person claims to have acquired a title by possession to registered land, he may apply to F62[the Authority] to be registered as owner of the land and F62[the Authority], if satisfied that the applicant has acquired the title, may cause the applicant to be registered as owner of the land with an absolute, good leasehold, possessory or qualified title, as the case may require, but without prejudice to any right not extinguished by such possession. 34 PT. III S. 49 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (3) Upon such registration, the title of the person whose right of action to recover the land has expired shall be extinguished. (4) Section 24 of the Statute of Limitations, 1957, is hereby amended by the substitution, for “section 52 of the Act of 1891”, of “section 49 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964”. Annotations Amendments: F62 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F63[ Registration 49A.— (1) Where any person claims to be entitled to an easement or profit à prendre of easements and and the relevant requirements set out in sections 33 to 38 of the Land and profits à prendre in certain cases. Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 have been met, that person may apply to the Authority and the Authority, if satisfied that there is such an entitlement to the easement or profit à prendre concerned, may cause it, as appropriate, to be— (a) registered as a burden under section 69(1)(jj), (b) entered in the register pursuant to section 82 or, in the case of a profit à prendre in gross, in the register of ownership maintained under section 8(b)(i). (2) Subsection (1) applies only in relation to claims in respect of which— (a) the land benefited by the easement or profit à prendre, to which other land is subject, is registered land, or (b) the claim is made as part of an application for first registration of that land.] Annotations Amendments: F63 Inserted (02.08.2011) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (23/2011), s. 41, commenced on enactment. Conversion of Registered Title Conversion of 50.—(1) In the case of land which is registered with a qualified, good leasehold or registered title possessory title, F64[the Authority] may, either on F65[its] own initiative or on an into absolute or good leasehold. application by the registered owner or other person entitled, if F65[it] is satisfied as to the title, register the title as absolute or good leasehold, as the case may require or admit. (2) The following provisions shall apply to registered land, other than land registered pursuant to subsection (1) of section 23 of the Act of 1891 or section 26 of this Act: (a) where the title registered is possessory, an application for the registration of a transfer for valuable consideration or other disposition for value shall, subject to any provisions to the contrary which may be prescribed, be accompanied by all the documents of or relating to the title (including contracts, abstracts, counsel’s opinions, requisitions and replies, and other like documents) in the applicant’s possession or under his control, together with such affidavit as may be prescribed; and where the title registered is qualified, the application shall be accompanied by such documents, if any, 35 PT. III S. 50 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] as may relate to the matters excepted from the effect of registration, together with such affidavit as may be prescribed; (b) in any case to which paragraph (a) applies, F64[the Authority] may refuse or postpone the registration until all the required documents have been submitted to F65[it]; (c) where the land has been registered for fifteen years, with a possessory title, F64[the Authority] shall, in any case to which paragraph (a) applies, if satisfied that the registered owner is in possession and after giving such notices, if any, as may be prescribed, register the title as absolute in the case of freehold land or as good leasehold in the case of leasehold land. (3) The following provisions shall apply to land registered pursuant to subsection (1) of section 23 of the Act of 1891 or section 26 of this Act— (a) where the title registered is or is deemed to be possessory and the ownership of the land has been registered for more than thirty years, F64[the Authority] may, on the registration of a disposition or transmission on death, if satisfied from the entries in the register or otherwise that no right adverse to or in derogation of the title of the registered owner and protected by the posses- sory title subsists, register the title as absolute; (b) where— (i) the title registered is or is deemed to be possessory, and (ii) the ownership of the land has been registered for more than twelve years, and (iii) an application is made for the registration of a transfer for valuable consideration or other disposition for value, and (iv) a registered transfer for valuable consideration has been made after the first registration of the land but not less than twelve years prior to the application, F64[the Authority] may, if satisfied from the entries in the register or otherwise that no right adverse to or in derogation of the title of the regis- tered owner and protected by the possessory title subsists, register the title as absolute; (c) F64[the Authority] may, in any case to which paragraph (b) applies, require the applicant to produce such evidence of the title as F64[the Authority] thinks proper and F65[it] may refuse or postpone the registration until F65[its] requirements have been complied with. (4) If any claim adverse to the title of the owner has been made, registration under this section shall not be made unless and until the claim has been disposed of. (5) Where a person other than the owner suffers loss by reason of any registration under this section, section 120 shall have effect as if an error had been made origi- nating in the Land Registry. Annotations Amendments: F64 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F65 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. 36 PT. III S. 51 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Transfers Transfer of regis- 51.—(1) F66[A] registered owner of land may transfer the land or any part thereof, tered land. and the transferee shall be registered as owner of the land transferred. (2) There shall be executed on the transfer an instrument in the prescribed form, F67[...] but until the transferee is registered as owner of the land transferred, that instrument shall not operate to transfer the land. F68[(2A) In this section “transfer” includes “lease”, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.] (3) F69[...] (4) F69[...] Annotations Amendments: F66 Substituted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F67 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F68 Inserted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 58, S.I. No. 271 of 2006. F69 Repealed (1.01.2007) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 73(1)(a), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Editorial Notes: E28 Previous affecting provision: vesting certificate deemed to be instrument in the prescribed form for purposes of section (1.08.1978) by Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978 (16/1978), s. 22(3), commenced as per s. 2; Part III including s. 22 ceased to have effect in relation to applications (1.08.1983) as per s. 18. Effect of transfer 52.—(1) On the registration of a transferee of freehold land as full owner with an of freehold land absolute title, the instrument of transfer shall operate as a conveyance by deed with absolute title. within the meaning of the Conveyancing Acts, and there shall be vested in the regis- tered transferee an estate in fee simple in the land transferred, together with all implied or express rights, privileges and appurtenances belonging or appurtenant thereto, subject to— (a) the burdens, if any, registered as affecting the land, and (b) the burdens to which, though not so registered, the land is subject by virtue of section 72, but shall be free from all other rights, including rights of the State. (2) Where, however, the transfer is made without valuable consideration, it shall, so far as concerns the transferee and persons claiming under him otherwise than for valuable consideration, be subject to all unregistered rights subject to which the transferor held the land transferred. (3) F70[...] 37 PT. III S. 52 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F70 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) and sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Effect of transfer 53.—In the case of freehold land registered with a possessory title, a transfer of of freehold land the land shall not affect or prejudice the enforcement of any right adverse to or in with possessory title. derogation of the title of the first registered owner and subsisting or capable of arising at the time of the registration of such owner, including any rights or equities existing by reason of the interest of such owner being deemed to be a graft upon his previous interest in the land, but, save as aforesaid, such transfer shall, when regis- tered, have the same effect as if the land were registered with an absolute title. Effect of transfer 54.—In the case of freehold land registered with a qualified title, a transfer of the of freehold land land shall, when registered, have the same effect as it would have had if the land had with qualified title. been registered with an absolute title, save that such transfer shall not affect or prejudice the enforcement of any right appearing by the register to be excepted. Effect of transfer 55.—(1) On the registration of a transferee of a leasehold interest as full owner of leasehold with an absolute title, the instrument of transfer shall operate as a conveyance by interest with absolute title. deed within the meaning of the Conveyancing Acts, and there shall vest in the regis- tered transferee the leasehold interest so transferred, together with all implied or express rights, privileges and appurtenances attached to it, subject to— (a) the burdens, if any, registered as affecting the interest, (b) the burdens to which, though not registered, the interest is subject by virtue of section 72, and (c) all implied and express covenants, obligations and liabilities incident to the interest transferred, but free from all other rights, including rights of the State. (2) Where, however, the transfer is made without valuable consideration, it shall, so far as concerns the transferee and persons claiming under him otherwise than for valuable consideration, be subject to all unregistered rights subject to which the transferor held the interest transferred. (3) F71[...] Annotations Amendments: F71 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) and sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Effect of transfer 56.—In the case of a leasehold interest registered with a good leasehold title, a of leasehold transfer of the interest shall, when registered, have the same effect as it would have interest with good leasehold had if the interest had been registered with an absolute title, save that it shall not title. affect or prejudice the enforcement of any right affecting or in derogation of the title of the lessor to grant the lease. 38 PT. III S. 57 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Effect of transfer 57.—In the case of a leasehold interest registered with a possessory title, a transfer of leasehold of the interest shall not affect or prejudice the enforcement of any right (whether in interest with possessory title. respect of the lessor’s title or otherwise) adverse to or in derogation of the title of the first registered owner and subsisting or capable of arising at the time of the registration of that owner but, save as aforesaid, the transfer shall, when registered, have the same effect as it would have had if the interest had been registered with an absolute title. Effect of transfer 58.—In the case of a leasehold interest registered with a qualified title, a transfer of leasehold of the interest shall, when registered, have the same effect as it would have had if interest with qualified title. the interest had been registered with an absolute title, save that the transfer shall not affect or prejudice the enforcement of any right (whether in respect of the lessor’s title or otherwise) appearing by the register to be excepted. Saving of consent 59.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of any enactment by which to alienation, etc. the alienation, assignment, subdivision or sub-letting of any land is prohibited or in any way restricted. (2) It shall be the duty of F72[the Authority] to note upon the register in the prescribed manner the prohibitive or restrictive provisions of any such enactment; but such provisions shall be, though not registered, burdens on the land under section 72. Annotations Amendments: F72 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Modifications (not altering text): C22 Application of subs. (2) restricted (1.01.2011) by Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (24/2010), s. 37, S.I. No. 648 of 2010. Restriction of section 59(2) of Registration of Title Act 1964. 37.— Section 59 (2) of the Registration of Title Act 1964 (which refers to noting upon the register provisions of any enactment restricting dealings in land) does not apply to this Part. C23 Application of subs. (2) restricted (12.07.1976) by Family Home Protection Act 1976 (27/1976), s. 13, commenced on enactment. Restriction of section 59(2) of Registration of Title Act, 1964. 13.— Section 59 (2) of the Registration of Title Act, 1964 (which refers to noting upon the register provisions of any enactment restricting dealings in land) shall not apply to the provisions of this Act. Editorial Notes: E29 Previous affecting provision: application of subs. (1) extended (9.03.1965) by Land Act 1965 (2/1965), s. 45(12), commenced on enactment; repealed (4.11.2005) by Land Act 2005 (24/2005), s. 12(d), S.I. No. 689 of 2005. Defeasance of 60.—(1) In case of the defeasance of the estate or interest of a registered owner registered of land, that is to say, where— owner’s estate. (a) under a power of sale conferred by a mortgage effected before the first registration of the land, or 39 PT. III S. 60 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (b) under a deed poll executed in pursuance of the Lands Clauses Acts or in pursuance of any statutory provision to the same effect, or (c) under a sale in execution of any judgment or order of a court, or (d) under a power of appointment, or (e) under a vesting order, or (f) under any enactment, or (g) in any other case not provided for by this Act, and which may be prescribed, the ownership of the land passes to another person otherwise than by transfer from the registered owner or from his personal representatives, then, subject to general rules, F73[the Authority] shall, on the application of that person and on production of the prescribed evidence, register him as owner of the land. (2) Unless F73[the Authority] is satisfied that the application is made with the concurrence of the registered owner or, in case of his death, F74[...] of his personal representatives, F74[...] F73[the Authority] shall, subject to general rules, before registering the applicant as owner of the land, give notice of the application to the registered owner or, in case of his death, F74[...] to his personal representatives F74[...] and F73[the Authority] may, if F75[it] thinks fit, decline to register the appli- cant as owner of the land, except in pursuance of an order of the court. Annotations Amendments: F73 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F74 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F75 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Transmissions Transmission of 61.— (1)F76[...] registered land from limited (2) On the death of a sole registered full owner of land, or of the survivor of several owner and on death. registered full owners of land not being registered as tenants in common, (which owner or survivor is in the succeeding provisions of this section referred to as the deceased owner), the personal representatives of the deceased owner shall alone be recognised by F77[the Authority] as having any rights in respect of the land, and any registered dispositions by them shall have the same effect as if they were the regis- tered owners of the land. F78[(3) (a) An application for registration made by a person who claims to be by law entitled to the land of a deceased registered full owner, accompanied by an assent or transfer by the personal representative in the prescribed form, shall authorise F77[the Authority] to register such person as F79[...] owner of the land F79[...]. (b) F76[...] (c) It shall not be the duty of F77[the Authority], nor shall F80[it] be entitled, to call for any information as to why any assent or transfer is or was made and F80[it] shall be bound to assume that the personal representative is or was 40 PT. III S. 61 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] acting in relation to the application, assent or transfer correctly and within F80[its] powers.] (4) Where a person is registered as the F79[...] owner of land under subsection (3), the costs incurred in connection with the registration shall be borne by that person. (5) Where the High Court or the Circuit Court makes an order under subsection (4) of section 20 of the Administration of Estates Act, 1959, vesting registered land in any person, it may also order that that person be registered as owner of that land. (6) (a) Nothing in this Act or in the Administration of Estates Act, 1959, shall operate to require F77[the Authority] to register as the owner of land a person in his capacity as personal representative. (b) F77[The Authority] may enter on the register a note setting out the fact of the death of a registered owner of land and the names of his personal representatives. (7) Where, on the application of any person claiming to be registered as owner of registered land in succession to a deceased full owner of such land, the court is satisfied— (a) that at least six years have elapsed since the death of the deceased full owner, and (b) that the personal representatives of such owner are dead or out of the juris- diction, the court may, if it thinks fit, notwithstanding anything in the Administration of Estates Act, 1959, or this Act, dispense the applicant from the necessity of raising represen- tation to the deceased full owner or of giving notice to his personal representatives and may order that the applicant be registered as owner of the land. (8) Subsections (2) to (6) apply only in cases of death on or after the 1st day of June, 1959. (9) Subsection (2) of section 37 of the Act of 1891, as amended by section 27 of and the Second Schedule to the Registration of Title Act, 1942, shall continue to apply in cases of death before the 1st day of June, 1959, notwithstanding the repeal of those provisions. Annotations Amendments: F76 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F77 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F78 Repealed and substituted (1.01.1967) by Succession Act 1965 (27/1965), ss. 8, 54 and sch. 2 part 4, S.I. No. 168 of 1966, subject to transitional provisions in s. 9. F79 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F80 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Charges 41 PT. III S. 62 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Creation and 62.—(1) A registered owner of land may, subject to the provisions of this Act, charge effect of charge the land with the payment of money either with or without interest, and either by on registered land. way of annuity or otherwise, and the owner of the charge shall be registered as such. (2) There shall be executed on the creation of a charge, otherwise than by will, an instrument of charge in the prescribed form F81[...] but, until the owner of the charge is registered as such, the instrument shall not confer on the owner of the charge any interest in the land. (3) F82[...] (4) Any power, howsoever conferred, to borrow or lend money on the security of a mortgage shall be construed as including power to do so on the security of a regis- tered charge. (5) F83[...] (6) On registration of the owner of a charge on land for the repayment of any prin- cipal sum of money with or without interest, the instrument of charge shall operate as a F84[legal mortgage under Part 10 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009], and the registered owner of the charge shall, for the purpose of enforcing his charge, have all the rights and powers of a mortgagee F84[under such a mortgage], including the power to sell the estate or interest which is subject to the charge. (7) F82[...] (8) F82[...] (9) If the registered owner of a charge on land sells the land in pursuance of the powers referred to in subsection (6), his transferee shall be registered as owner of the land, and thereupon the registration shall have the same effect as registration on a transfer for valuable consideration by a registered owner. (10) When a transferee from the registered owner of the charge is registered, under subsection (9), as owner of the land, the charge and all estates, interests, burdens and entries puisne to the charge shall be discharged. (11) When it is expressed in the instrument of charge that any person covenants for repayment of the principal sum charged, there shall be implied a covenant by that person with the registered owner for the time being of the charge to pay the sum charged and interest (if any) thereon at the time and rate specified in the instrument of charge, and also a covenant, if the sum or any part thereof is unpaid at the time so specified, to pay interest half-yearly at the specified rate on so much of the principal sum as for the time being remains unpaid. Annotations Amendments: F81 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009; subject to certain restrictions imposed (24.07.2013) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013 (30/2013), s. 1, commenced on enactment, subject to restrictions and tran- sitional provisions in ss. 1(4), (5) and 4, see C-note below. F82 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) and sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009; subject to certain restrictions imposed (24.07.2013) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013 (30/2013), s. 1, commenced on enactment, subject to resrictions and transitional provisions in ss. 1(4), (5) and 4, see C-note below. F83 Repealed (1.01.2007) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 73(1)(a), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. 42 PT. III S. 62 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] F84 Substituted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009; subject to certain restrictions imposed (24.07.2013) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013 (30/2013), s. 1, commenced on enactment, subject to restrictions and transitional provisions in ss. 1(4), (5) and 4, see C-note below. Modifications (not altering text): C24 Application of certain amendments and repeals restricted (24.07.2013) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013 (30/2013), s. 1(2) and (3) commenced on enactment, subject to transitional provisions in s. 4(1)-(3). Application of certain statutory provisions 1.—(1) This section applies to a mortgage created prior to 1 December 2009. (2) As respects a mortgage to which this section applies, the statutory provisions apply and may be invoked or exercised by any person as if those provisions had not been repealed by section 8(3) and Schedule 2 of the Act of 2009. (3) As respects a mortgage to which this section applies the amended provisions apply and may be invoked or exercised by any person as if those provisions had not been amended by section 8(1) and Schedule 1 of the Act of 2009. (4) Subsections (1) to (3) are without prejudice to any right or entitlement which a person may otherwise have to rely on the statutory provisions or the amended provisions. (5) This section does not apply to proceedings initiated before the coming into operation of this section. (6) In this section— “Act of 1964” means the Registration of Title Act 1964; “Act of 2009” means the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009; “amended provisions” means section 62(2) and (6) of the Act of 1964; “mortgage” has the same meaning as it has in the Conveyancing Act 1881; “statutory provisions” means sections 2 and 18 to 24 of the Conveyancing Act 1881, sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Conveyancing Act 1911 and section 62(3), (7) and (8) of the Act of 1964. The relevant text of this section as restored is set out below: 62.— ... (2) There shall be executed on the creation of a charge, otherwise than by will, an instrument of charge in the prescribed form (or an instrument in such other form as may appear to the Registrar to be sufficient to charge the land, provided that such instrument shall expressly charge or reserve out of the land the payment of the money secured) but, until the owner of the charge is registered as such, the instrument shall not confer on the owner of the charge any interest in the land. (3) A mortgage by way of conveyance with a proviso for redemption or by way of demise or sub- demise shall not of itself operate to charge registered land or be registrable as a charge on regis- tered land. (4) Any power, howsoever conferred, to borrow or lend money on the security of a mortgage shall be construed as including power to do so on the security of a registered charge. (5) F83[...] (6) On registration of the owner of a charge on land for the repayment of any principal sum of money with or without interest, the instrument of charge shall operate as a mortgage by deed within the meaning of the Conveyancing Acts, and the registered owner of the charge shall, for the purpose of enforcing his charge, have all the rights and powers of a mortgagee under a mortgage by deed, including the power to sell the estate or interest which is subject to the charge. (7) When repayment of the principal money secured by the instrument of charge has become due, the registered owner of the charge or his personal representative may apply to the court in a summary manner for possession of the land or any part of the land, and on the application the court may, if it so thinks proper, order possession of the land or the said part thereof to be delivered 43 PT. III S. 62 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] to the applicant, and the applicant, upon obtaining possession of the land or the said part thereof, shall be deemed to be a mortgagee in possession. (8) On registration of the owner of a charge by way of annuity, the owner of the charge shall have such remedies for recovering and compelling payment of the annuity as are described in section 44 of the Conveyancing Act, 1881, as affected by section 6 of the Conveyancing Act, 1911. ... C25 Application of section restricted (28.10.2011) by Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011 (27/2011), s. 50(1)(b), S.I. No. 548 of 2011. Effect of transfer order in relation to securities. 50.— (1) On and after the transfer of assets and liabilities under a transfer order, in relation to property referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of subsection (4) of section 49 or a security referred to in paragraph (f) of that subsection, transferred by the order— (a) notwithstanding any provision of an Act referred to in subsection (2) or any other Act that provides for the registration of assets or security, or any details of assets or security, a transferee is not required to become registered as owner of the security (b) notwithstanding sections 62 and 64 of the Registration of Title Act 1964, a transferee has, in relation to any charge that is or is part of such a security, the powers of a mortgagee under a mortgage by deed, even though the transferee is not registered as owner of the charge, (c) the transferee has the powers and rights conferred on the registered owner of a charge by the Registration of Title Act 1964, and (d) if the transfer order effects an extension of or in relation to the security so as to include future advances by or future liabilities to the transferee, the extension need not be registered under any Act referred to in subsection (2) under which it would otherwise be required to be registered, but operates for the purposes of those Acts as if made by deed duly registered under that Act on the time of the transfer. (2) The Acts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (1) are the following: ... (d) the Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006; ... C26 Application of section restricted (21.12.2010) by Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 (36/2010), s. 40(1)(b), S.I. No. 623 of 2010. Effect of transfer order in relation to securities. 40.— (1) On and after the transfer of assets and liabilities under a transfer order, in relation to property referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of section 39 (4) or a security referred to in paragraph (f) of that section, transferred by the order— ... (b) notwithstanding sections 62 and 64 of the Registration of Title Act 1964, a transferee has, in relation to any charge that is or is part of such a security, the powers of a mortgagee under a mortgage by deed, even though it is not registered as owner of the charge, ... C27 Application of section restricted (21.12.2009) by National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 (34/2009), s. 107(1)(b), S.I. No. 545 of 2009. NAMA not required to register certain instruments, etc. 107.— (1) Where a bank asset has been acquired by NAMA or a NAMA group entity— ... (b) notwithstanding sections 62 and 64 of the Registration of Title Act 1964, NAMA or the NAMA group entity has, in relation to any such charge, the powers of a mortgagee under a mortgage by deed, even though NAMA or the NAMA group entity is not registered as owner of any such charge, 44 PT. III S. 62 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (c) NAMA or the NAMA group entity has the powers and rights conferred on the registered owner of a charge by the Registration of Title Act 1964. ... Saving for mort- 63.—(1) A charge registered prior to the commencement of this Act shall not be gages registered void or be deemed ever to have been void— as charges. (a) by reason only that it was expressed to have been created by way of mortgage, or (b) by reason only that the consent of the Land Commission or the Commissioners of Public Works or such other consent as may be provided for by any enact- ment was not obtained to any demise or sub-demise expressed to have been created by any such mortgage; and the registration of the charge as a burden on registered land shall not be invalid or be deemed ever to have been invalid for either of these reasons. (2) In this section “mortgage” includes both a mortgage by demise or sub-demise and a mortgage by conveyance or assignment with a proviso for redemption. Transfer of 64.—(1) The registered owner of a charge may transfer the charge to another person charge. as owner thereof, and the transferee shall be registered as owner of the charge. (2) There shall be executed on the transfer of a charge an instrument of transfer in the prescribed form, F85[...] but until the transferee is registered as owner of the charge, that instrument shall not confer on the transferee any interest in the charge. (3) F86[...] (4) On registration of the transferee of a charge, the instrument of transfer shall operate as a conveyance by deed within the meaning of the Conveyancing Acts, and the transferee shall— (a) have the same title to the charge as a registered transferee of land under this Act has to the land, under a transfer for valuable consideration or without valuable consideration, as the case may be; and (b) have for enforcing his charge the same rights and powers in respect of the land as if the charge had been originally created in his favour. Annotations Amendments: F85 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F86 Repealed (1.01.2007) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 73(1)(a), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Modifications (not altering text): C28 Application of section restricted (28.10.2011) by Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011 (27/2011), s. 50(1)(b), S.I. No. 548 of 2011. Effect of transfer order in relation to securities. 50.— (1) On and after the transfer of assets and liabilities under a transfer order, in relation to property referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of subsection (4) of section 49 or a security referred to in paragraph (f) of that subsection, transferred by the order— 45 PT. III S. 64 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (a) notwithstanding any provision of an Act referred to in subsection (2) or any other Act that provides for the registration of assets or security, or any details of assets or security, a transferee is not required to become registered as owner of the security (b) notwithstanding sections 62 and 64 of the Registration of Title Act 1964, a transferee has, in relation to any charge that is or is part of such a security, the powers of a mortgagee under a mortgage by deed, even though the transferee is not registered as owner of the charge, (c) the transferee has the powers and rights conferred on the registered owner of a charge by the Registration of Title Act 1964, and (d) if the transfer order effects an extension of or in relation to the security so as to include future advances by or future liabilities to the transferee, the extension need not be registered under any Act referred to in subsection (2) under which it would otherwise be required to be registered, but operates for the purposes of those Acts as if made by deed duly registered under that Act on the time of the transfer. (2) The Acts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (1) are the following: ... (d) the Registration of Deeds and Title Acts 1964 and 2006; ... C29 Application of section restricted (21.12.2010) by Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 (36/2010), s. 40(1)(b), S.I. No. 623 of 2010. Effect of transfer order in relation to securities. 40.— (1) On and after the transfer of assets and liabilities under a transfer order, in relation to property referred to in paragraph (d) or (e) of section 39 (4) or a security referred to in paragraph (f) of that section, transferred by the order— ... (b) notwithstanding sections 62 and 64 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 , a transferee has, in relation to any charge that is or is part of such a security, the powers of a mortgagee under a mortgage by deed, even though it is not registered as owner of the charge, ... C30 Application of section restricted (21.12.2009) by National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 (34/2009), s. 107(1)(b), S.I. No. 545 of 2009. NAMA not required to register certain instruments, etc. 107.— (1) Where a bank asset has been acquired by NAMA or a NAMA group entity— ... (b) notwithstanding sections 62 and 64 of the Registration of Title Act 1964, NAMA or the NAMA group entity has, in relation to any such charge, the powers of a mortgagee under a mortgage by deed, even though NAMA or the NAMA group entity is not registered as owner of any such charge, (c) NAMA or the NAMA group entity has the powers and rights conferred on the registered owner of a charge by the Registration of Title Act 1964. ... Discharge of 65.—(1) F87[The Authority] shall note on the register the satisfaction of a registered registered charge or of any part of such a charge on registered land, or of the release of any charge. part of registered land from a registered charge, either at the request of the registered owner of the charge, or on proof in such manner as is hereinafter mentioned, or in such other manner as may be prescribed, and thereupon the charge shall to the extent so noted cease to operate. (2) For the purposes of this section, the receipt of the registered owner for the time being of a charge shall be sufficient proof of the satisfaction of the charge, or of any part of the charge, and a release signed by the registered owner for the time being 46 PT. III S. 65 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] of a charge shall be sufficient proof of the release of any part of registered land subject to that charge. Annotations Amendments: F87 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Editorial Notes: E30 Provision for building society’s receipt under seal to be sufficient proof of satisfaction of mortgage under section made (1.09.1989) by Building Societies Act 1989 (17/1989), s. 27(2), S.I. No. 182 of 1989. Transmission, 66.—The provisions of this Act with respect to the transmission of registered land etc., of charge. and the defeasance of the estate or interest of the registered owner shall apply, with the prescribed modifications, to transmissions and defeasances in the case of regis- tered charges on land. Restriction on 67.—(1) The registered owner of a charge shall not, merely by reason of his being custody of land such owner, be entitled to the possession of the land certificate in respect of the certificate by registered owner registered land which is subject to the charge. of a charge. (2) Every stipulation in relation to a registered charge on land (whether made before or after the creation of the charge) whereby the custody of the land certificate in respect of such land is to be given to the registered owner of such charge shall be void. Other Interests in Registered Land Creation and 68.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the registered owner of land shall effect of subordi- alone be entitled to transfer or charge the land by registered disposition, and the nate rights and interests. registered owner of a charge shall alone be entitled to transfer the charge by registered disposition. (2) Nothing in this Act shall prevent a person from creating any right in or over any registered land or registered charge, but all such rights shall be subject to the provi- sions of this Act with respect to registered transfers of land or charges for valuable consideration. (3) An unregistered right in or over registered land (not being a burden to which the land is subject by virtue of section 72) shall not affect the registered owner of a charge created on the land for valuable consideration. Burdens which 69.—(1) There may be registered as affecting registered land any of the following may be registered burdens, namely— as affecting regis- tered land. (a) any incumbrance on the land existing at the time of the first registration of the land; (b) any charge on the land duly created after the first registration of the land; (c) any rentcharge (not being a rentcharge to which, though not registered, the land is subject under section 72) or fee farm or other perpetual rent issuing out of the land; 47 PT. III S. 69 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (d) any power to charge land with payment of money, whether created or arising before or after the first registration of the land; (e) any trust for securing money created or arising after the first registration of the land; (f) any lien on the land for unpaid purchase money; (g) any lease where the term granted is for a life or lives, or is determinable on a life or lives, or exceeds twenty-one years F88[(or such other period as may be prescribed)], or where the term is for any less estate or interest but the occupation is not in accordance with the lease; (h) any judgment or order of a court, whether existing before or after the first registration of the land; (i) any judgment mortgage, recognizance, State bond, inquisition or lis pendens, whether existing before or after the first registration of the land; (j) any easement, profit à prendre or mining right created by express grant or reservation after the first registration of the land; F89[(jj) any easement or profit à prendre where the Authority is satisfied, pursuant to section 49A, that there is an entitlement to such an easement or profit à prendre;] (k) any covenant or condition relating to the use or enjoyment of the land or of any specified portion thereof; F90[(kk) a freehold covenant within the meaning of section 48 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;] (l) any estate in dower; (m) any burden to which section 54 of the Forestry Act, 1946, relates; (n) any right of the Land Commission or a local authority to lay pipe-lines for whatsoever purpose and any right ancillary thereto; (o) a power to appoint an estate or interest in the property exercisable within a period not exceeding a life or lives in being and twenty-one years thereafter; (p) a power of distress or entry; (q) a right in the nature of a lien for money’s worth in or over the property for a limited period not exceeding life, such as a right of support or a right of residence (whether an exclusive right of residence or not); (r) a burden created by statute or under a statutory power that is not one of the burdens to which, though not registered, registered land is subject under section 72; F91[(rr) a judgment opening the proceedings referred to in Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 1 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings,] F92[(rr) an agreement under section 18 of the Wildlife Act, 1976, which provides that it shall be enforceable against persons deriving title to the relevant land under a party to the agreement;] F93[(rrr) an order under section 18(1) of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000;] (s) any such other matter as may be prescribed. 1 OJ L160 of 30.6.2000 48 PT. III S. 69 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (2) A burden may be registered under this section on the application of the registered owner of the land or of any person entitled to or interested in the burden but, if the application is made without the concurrence of the registered owner of the land or such other person as may be prescribed, the burden shall not be registered except in pursuance of an order of the court. (3) Any covenant or condition registered under this section may be modified or discharged by order of the court on proof to the satisfaction of the court that the covenant or condition does not run with the land, or is not capable of being enforced against the owner of the land, or that the modification or discharge thereof will be beneficial to the persons principally interested in the enforcement thereof, and may, with the consent of all persons interested in the enforcement thereof, be modified or discharged by F94[the Authority] without any such order. (4) F94[The Authority] may, on the prescribed evidence and subject to the prescribed conditions, modify or cancel any entry under this section of a burden not being such a covenant or condition as aforesaid. Annotations Amendments: F88 Inserted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 59, S.I. No. 271 of 2006. F89 Inserted (2.08.2011) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (23/2011), s. 42, commenced on enactment. F90 Inserted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 129, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F91 Inserted (2.07.2002) by European Communities (Personal Insolvency) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 334 of 2002), reg. 4(2), commenced on enactment. F92 Inserted (1.06.1977) by Wildlife Act 1976 (39/1976), s. 66. S.I. No. 154 of 1977. F93 Inserted (31.07.2001) by Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 (38/2000), s. 73, S.I. No. 371 of 2001. F94 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Modifications (not altering text): C31 Application of section extended (1.01.2007) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 73(3)(d), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Abolition of land certificates and certificates of charge. 73.— ... (2) Subject to subsection (3), land certificates and certificates of charge issued before the commencement of subsection (1) and not already cancelled cease to have any force or effect on the expiration of the period of 3 years after the commencement of this subsection. (3) The following provisions have effect during the period referred to in subsection (2): ... (d) the lien is deemed for the purposes of section 69 of the 1964 Act to be a burden which may be registered as affecting registered land; ... Registration of 70.—The ownership of such of the burdens capable of being registered under section ownership of 69 as may be preescribed shall, on such registration, be registered in such register burdens. maintained under this Act as may be appropriate. 49 PT. III S. 71 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Registration of F95[71.— (1) Application for registration of a judgment mortgage under section judgment mort- 116 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 shall, in the case of registered gages. land, be in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) Registration under subsection (1) shall operate to charge the estate or interest of the judgment debtor subject to— (a) the burdens, if any, registered as affecting that estate or interest, (b) the burdens to which, though not so registered, that estate or interest is subject by virtue of section 72, (c) all unregistered rights subject to which the judgment debtor held that estate or interest at the time of registration, and with the effect stated in section 117 of the said 2009 Act.] Annotations Amendments: F95 Substituted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 130, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Burdens which 72.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), all registered land shall be subject to such of the are without regis- following burdens as for the time being affect the land, whether those burdens are tration to affect registered land. or are not registered, namely— (a) estate duty, succession duty, former crown rents, tithe rentcharges and payments in lieu of tithe or tithe rentcharge; (b) land improvement charges and drainage charges; (c) annuities or rentcharges for the repayment of advances made under the provisions of any of the Land Purchase Acts on account of purchase money; (d) rights of the Land Commission or of any person under a vesting order, vesting fiat, final list or transfer order made or published under the Land Purchase Acts; (e) rights of the Land Commission upon the execution of an order for possession issued under section 37 of the Land Act, 1927; (f) rights of the public or of any class of the public; (g) customary rights, franchises and liabilities arising from tenure; (h) easements and profits à prendre, unless they are respectively created by express grant or reservation after the first registration of the land; F96[(hh) any wayleave which is a wayleave to which this section applies;] (i) tenancies created for any term not exceeding twenty-one years F97[(or such other period as may be prescribed)] or for any less estate or interest, in cases where there is an occupation under such tenancies; (j) the rights of every person in actual occupation of the land or in receipt of the rents and profits thereof, save where, upon enquiry made of such person, the rights are not disclosed; (k) in the case of land registered with a possessory, qualified or good leasehold title, all rights excepted from the effect of registration; 50 PT. III S. 72 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (l) a perpetual yearly rent (in this section referred to as the superior rent) which is superior to another such rent (in this section referred to as the registered rent) registered as a burden on registered land and which, as between the said registered land and the registered rent, is primarily payable out of the registered rent in exoneration of such land; (m) the covenants and conditions contained in the deed or other document creating the superior rent, in so far as those covenants and conditions affect such land; (n) a purchase annuity payable in respect of a cottage which is the subject of a vesting order under the Labourers Act, 1936; (o) restrictions imposed by section 21 of the Labourers Act, 1936, on the mortgaging or charging of cottages purchased under that Act; (p) rights acquired or in course of being acquired under the Statute of Limitations, 1957; (q) burdens to which section 59 or 73 applies. F98[(r) covenants which continue in force by virtue of section 28 of the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act, 1978] (2) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of F99[the Authority] that any land regis- tered or about to be registered is exempt from, or has ceased to be subject to, any estate duty, succession duty, former crown rent, tithe rentcharge, payment in lieu of tithe or tithe rentcharge, land improvement charge, drainage charge or annuity or rentcharge for the repayment of any advance made on account of purchase money as hereinbefore is mentioned, F99[the Authority] may enter on the register notice of the fact. (3) Where the existence of any such burdens is proved to the satisfaction of F99[the Authority], F100[it] may, with the consent of the registered owner or applicant for registration, or in pursuance of an order of the court, enter notice thereof on the register. F96[(4)This section applies to any wayleave on, over or beneath the surface of land which— F101[(a) pursuant to an agreement in writing is granted to or by the Irish Gas Board or a relevant person (within the meaning of section 20 of the Gas (Amendment) Act, 2000), or pursuant to an acquisition order within the meaning of the Gas Act, 1976, is granted to that Board or such a person, and] F102[(b) is intended to be used, or is used, in providing either or both of the following: (i) a pipeline for the transmission of gas; (ii) ducts, cables, pipes or conduits for any other purpose where such purpose is expressed in an agreement described in paragraph (a) (whether such agreement is made before or after the coming into operation of section 33 of the Energy Act 2016), and] (c) in case the wayleave is granted under such an agreement, under the agreement it is to be enforceable against persons deriving title to the land under a party to the agreement.] 51 PT. III S. 72 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F96 Inserted (13.09.1976) by Gas Act 1976 (30/1976), s. 43, commenced as per s. 1(2) and S.I. No. 209 of 1976. F97 Inserted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 60, S.I. No. 271 of 2006. F98 Inserted (1.08.1978) by Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978 (16/1978), s. 28(4), commenced as per s. 2. F99 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F100 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F101 Substituted (10.07.2000) by Gas (Amendment) Act 2000 (26/2000), s. 22, commenced on enactment. F102 Substituted (7.10.2016) by Energy Act 2016 (12/2006), s. 33, S.I. No. 509 of 2016. Modifications (not altering text): C32 Prospective affecting provision: application of section extended by Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Act 2018 (4/2018), s. 7, not commenced as of date of revision. Application of section 72 of Registration of Title Act 1964 7. Section 72 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 shall apply to the legal interests vested in the Minister under section 3 in the same manner and to the like extent as the said section 72 applies to any other burden which affects registered land without registration. C33 Application of section extended (21.02.2003) by Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 (1/2003), s. 113(2), commenced on enactment. Tax, in relation to certain legislation. 113.— ... (2) Section 72 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 shall apply as if gift tax and inheritance tax were mentioned in that Act as well as estate duty and succession duty. C34 Application of section extended by Finance Act 1983 ( 15/1983), s. 110A(11), as inserted (17.06.1993) by Finance Act 1993 (13/1993), s. 107, commenced on enactment. Clearance on sale of certain residential property. 110.— ... (11) Section 72 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964, shall be construed and have effect as if there were included in subsection (1) (a) of that section a reference to residential property tax. Editorial Notes: E31 Previous affecting provision: application of subs. (4) extended (1.12.2011) by European Communities (Internal Market in Natural Gas and Electricity) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 630 of 2011), reg. 38(2)(b); revoked (19.01.2015) by European Communities (Internal Market in Natural Gas and Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 16 of 2015), reg. 29(1)(d). E32 Previous affecting provision: application of section extended (25.07.1985) by Farm Tax Act 1985 (17/1985), s. 21(6), commenced on enactment; repealed (1.11.1994) by Local Government Act 1994 (8/1994), s. 4(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 315 of 1994. 52 PT. III S. 72 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] E33 Previous affecting provision: application of section extended (31.03.1976) by Capital Acquisitions Tax Act 1976 (8/1976), s. 68(2), commenced on enactment; repealed (21.02.2003) by Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 (1/2003), s. 113(2), commenced on enactment. Mines, minerals, 73.—(1) A person may be registered as owner of land with or without all or any of and mining the mines and minerals therein, or as owner of any mines and minerals. rights. (2) A person registered as owner of land shall not, merely by virtue of such registra- tion, be deemed to be owner of the mines and minerals therein. (3) Where a person is registered as owner of land, but the registration does not extend to all the mines and minerals therein, all such powers of working, way leaves or rights of way, rights of water and drainage and other powers, easements, rights and privileges for or incident to or connected with mining purposes, as are for the time being subsisting over the land, and are not created by express grant or reservation after the first registration of the land, shall be, though not registered, burdens on the land under section 72. Priority of regis- 74.—Subject to any entry to the contrary on the register, burdens which are regis- tered burdens. tered as affecting the same land, and which if unregistered would rank in priority according to the date of their creation, shall, if created or arising since the first registration of the land, rank according to the order in which they are entered on the register and not according to the order in which they are created or arise, and shall rank in priority to any other burden affecting the land and created or arising since the first registration of the land, not being a burden to which, though not registered, the land is subject under section 72. Priority of regis- 75.—(1) Where a registered charge is expressed to be created on any land for the tered charge for purpose of securing future advances (whether with or without present advances), future advances. the registered owner of the charge shall be entitled in priority to any subsequent charge to the payment of any sum due to him in respect of such future advances, except any advances which may have been made after the date of, and with express notice in writing of, the subsequent charge. (2) In this section “future advances” includes sums from time to time due on an account current, and all sums which by agreement or the course of business between the parties are considered to be advances on the security of the charge. Power of charg- 76.—Where a power to charge registered land, or a trust for securing money on ing to be exer- registered land, is registered as a burden on the land, it may be exercised or executed cised by regis- tered charge. by the creation of a registered charge and not otherwise, and the person empowered under any such power or trust to charge the land with the payment of any money shall have the same power to create a registered charge on the land for that money as if he were the registered owner of the land, and the charge shall be entered in its proper priority. Powers with 77.—(1) Where a person has, under or by virtue of any enactment, a charge on respect to statuto- registered land for the payment of any money, or a power to charge registered land ry charges. with the payment of any money, he shall have the same power to create a registered charge on the land for that money as if he were the registered owner of the land. (2) Registration of a charge under this section shall have the same effect as, and make unnecessary, registration thereof in pursuance of any other enactment. 53 PT. III S. 78 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Term of years 78.—Where a term of years is vested, whether before or after the passing of this vested in trustee Act, in a trustee or other person for the purpose of raising money out of registered for raising money out of registered land, such vesting shall operate as a trust for securing money on registered land or land. as a power to charge registered land, as the case may be, and may be registered as a burden on such land, and, where so registered, may be exercised or executed by the creation of a registered charge and not otherwise and the person empowered in any such trust or power to charge the land with payment of any money shall have the same power to create a registered charge on the land for that money as if he were the registered owner of the land, and the charge shall be entered in its proper prior- ity. Term of years 79.—(1) Where, prior to the first registration of land, a term of years is vested, vested in trustee whether before or after the passing of this Act, in a trustee or other person for the for raising money, or mort- purpose of raising money out of the land, such vesting shall, on the first registration gage, prior to of the land, operate as a trust for securing money on registered land or as a power first registration. to charge registered land, as the case may be, and may be registered as a burden on the land, and, where so registered, may be exercised or executed by the creation of a registered charge and not otherwise, and the person empowered in any such trust or power to charge the land with payment of any money shall have the same power to create a registered charge on the land for that money as if he were the registered owner of the land, and the charge shall be entered in its proper priority. (2) Where, prior to first registration, land has become subject to any mortgage, mortgage by demise or sub-demise or term of years to secure money actually raised, such mortgage, mortgage by demise or sub-demise or term of years shall, on the first registration of the land (if registered with an absolute, qualified or good leasehold title) or (if registered with a possessory title) on the conversion of the title into an absolute or good leasehold title, operate as a charge on the land and shall be registered only as a charge thereon. Provisions as to 80.—(1) Where a company registered under the Companies Act, 1963, is registered incumbrances as owner of land registered under this Act or as owner of a registered charge, F103[the created or issued by company and Authority] shall not be concerned with, and a person claiming under a registered not registered or disposition for valuable consideration shall not be affected by, any mortgage, charge, protected. debenture, debenture stock, trust deed or other incumbrance created or issued by the company, unless such incumbrance is registered as a burden or protected by caution or inhibition under this Act. (2) No compensation shall be payable under section 120 by reason of a purchaser’s acquiring any interest under a registered transfer from the company free from any such incumbrance not so registered or protected. Annotations Amendments: F103 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Right of resi- 81.—A right of residence in or on registered land, whether a general right of resi- dence. dence on the land or an exclusive right of residence in or on part of the land, shall be deemed to be personal to the person beneficially entitled thereto and to be a right in the nature of a lien for money’s worth in or over the land and shall not operate to create any equitable estate in the land. Note of rights 82.—Where, on an application by the registered owner or other person entitled, appurtenant to the existence of rights, privileges and appurtenances belonging, appurtenant or land. 54 PT. III S. 82 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] attached to registered land is proved to the satisfaction of F104[the Authority], F105[it] shall make an entry in the register showing the existence of such rights, privileges and appurtenances. Annotations Amendments: F104 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F105 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Register of Incorporeal Hereditaments and Other Rights Register of 83.—Provision may be made by general rules for registration in the register ownership. provided for by paragraph (b) of section 8 and, where necessary, for adapting or applying, with or without modification, the provisions of this Act for the purposes of such registration. F106[ Registry 84.— (1) Provision may be made by general rules— maps. (a) for identifying on maps (in this Act referred to as ‘registry maps’) land whose ownership has been registered under this Act, and (b) for reference in the register to those maps. (2) (a) For the purposes of such registration— (i) F107[the Authority], in respect of the period before the commencement of section 61 of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, is deemed to have had power in any particular case to adopt any map which F107[the Authority] considered satisfactory, and (ii) on such commencement, the Authority may in any particular case adopt any map which it considers satisfactory. (b) For the purposes of this Act and the repealed enactments, any map so adopted is, and is deemed always to have been, a registry map. (3) A registry map shall be in such form, including an electronic or other non-legible form which is capable of conversion into a permanent legible form, as may be prescribed.] Annotations Amendments: F106 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 61, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F107 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Description of F108[85.— (1) Registered land shall be described and identified by reference to registered land. the registry maps concerned in such manner as may be prescribed. 55 PT. III S. 85 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (2) Except as provided by this Act, neither the description of land in a register nor its identification by reference to a registry map is conclusive as to its boundaries or extent.] Annotations Amendments: F108 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 62, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Entry of bound- 86.—Where the boundaries of any registered land have been ascertained and defined aries in certain by any conveyance executed by any of the Commissioners for Sale of Incumbered cases. Estates in Ireland, or of the judges of the Landed Estates Court, or of the Land Judges, under the provisions of any of the Landed Estates Court Acts, or of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870, or by any conveyance or vesting order executed or made by the Land Commission under any of the provisions of the Land Purchase Acts, in every such case F109[the Authority] may, if F110[it] thinks fit, after the prescribed notices, enter such boundaries on the register as conclusive, and they shall thereupon be conclusive upon all parties. Annotations Amendments: F109 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F110 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Entry of bound- 87.—(1) F111[The Authority] may at any time, on the application of the registered aries by agree- owners of adjoining lands, or of the registered owner of land and an owner of ment. adjoining unregistered land, and on the prescribed conditions being complied with, settle and enter on the register as conclusive the boundaries between those lands or any parts thereof, with such alterations, if any, as may from time to time be agreed upon. (2) An entry in pursuance of this section shall be conclusive only as between the parties to the application and their respective successors in interest, and shall not operate to confirm the title to the lands the boundaries whereof are settled. Annotations Amendments: F111 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Settlement of 88.—(1) On the transfer of part of any registered land, F112[the Authority], on the boundaries on prescribed conditions being complied with, may enter on the register as conclusive transfer. the boundaries between the part transferred and the part not transferred. (2) If on any transfer of registered land any question arises as to the boundaries or extent of the land transferred, F112[the Authority] shall, on the application of the 56 PT. III S. 88 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] transferor or transferee, have jurisdiction to decide the question as between them, and for that purpose may, if it seems expedient, adopt the decision of any person agreed on by them or appointed by F112[the Authority]. Annotations Amendments: F112 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Meaning of 89.—For the purposes of the provisions of this Act with respect to boundaries, the owner of unregis- owner of unregistered land is the person who is in possession thereof claiming to be tered land in regard to bound- entitled to the first estate of freehold or to a leasehold interest therein, or a receiver aries. over such estate or interest appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, and acting under the order of such court. Supplementary Provisions Powers of person F113[90.— (1) This section applies to a person— entitled to be registered as (a) on whom the right to be registered as owner of registered land or a registered owner of land or charge. charge has devolved by reason of the death of the owner or the defeasance of the owner’s estate or interest or by reason of a transfer made in accordance with this Act or under a lease, and (b) who, before being registered as such owner, wishes to take any of the following actions in relation to the land or charge: (i) in the case of registered land— (I) transferring or charging it or any part of it, (II) creating a lien by deposit of the land certificate, (III) granting a lease, (IV) creating an easement or a profit à prendre, or (V) where the person is the Minister for Agriculture and Food, exercising any other rights of ownership, including enforcing the right to vacant possession, or (ii) in the case of a registered charge— (I) transferring or charging it, or (II) creating a lien by deposit of the certificate of charge. (2) A person to whom this section applies may take any of the actions mentioned in subsection (1) in the like manner and with the same effect as if the person were the registered owner at the date of the action concerned, but subject to any burdens or rights affecting the person’s interest which would have been entered on the register if the person had become the registered owner and subject also to the provisions of this Act with regard to registered dealings for valuable consideration.] 57 PT. III S. 90 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F113 Inserted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 63, S.I. No. 271 of 2006. Undivided shares 91.—(1) The owner of any one or more undivided shares in any land or a charge and co-owners. may be registered with the addition of the prescribed entries in the register for the purpose of showing the share which he holds in the land or charge. (2) Two or more persons may, in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, be registered as owners of the same land or of a charge on land, and where two or more persons are so registered they shall be deemed to be joint tenants, unless there is an entry in the register to the effect that they are tenants in common. (3) On the registration of two or more persons as owners of the same land or of the same charge, an entry may, with their consent, be made in the register to the effect that, when the number of those owners is reduced below a certain specified number, no registered disposition of the land or charge is to be made except by order of the court. (4) On the registration of two or more persons as owners of the same land or of the same charge, if F114[the Authority] is satisfied that any number of those owners less than the whole are entitled to make a registered disposition of the land or charge, F115[it] shall make an entry in the register to that effect, and such number of those owners shall have power to make a registered disposition of the land or charge without an order of the court notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section. Annotations Amendments: F114 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F115 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Notice of trusts. 92.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, notice of a trust shall not be entered in the register. (2) None of the following persons shall, by reason merely of the receipt by F116[the Authority] of an instrument relating to land for the purpose of a registration, be affected with notice of any trust contained in or arising out of matters contained in such instrument: (a) F116[the Authority]; (b) a registered transferee for valuable consideration of the land; (c) a registered owner of a charge created for valuable consideration on the land; (d) a person claiming an interest created for valuable consideration in a registered burden on the land. (3) In this section “trust” includes express, implied and constructive trusts. 58 PT. III S. 92 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F116 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Discovery of 93.—(1) Where— instruments and facts affecting (a) an application is made for the registration of the owner of any land in respect title. of which an examination of title is required, or (b) F117[the Authority] has occasion, in the course of F118[its] duties, to investi- gate the title to registered land or to a burden on registered land, an affidavit shall be produced to the effect that, to the best of the deponent’s knowledge and belief, all deeds, wills, instruments of title and incumbrances affecting the title, and all facts material to the title, have been disclosed to F117[the Authority]. (2) F117[The Authority] may require any person making an affidavit in pursuance of this section to state in the affidavit what means he has had of becoming acquainted with the several matters referred to in the section; and if F117[the Authority] is of opinion that any further evidence is necessary or desirable, F118[it] may refuse to effect the registration, or to make or cancel any entry in the register, until such further evidence is produced. Annotations Amendments: F117 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F118 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Production of 94.—Where— deeds. (a) an application is made for the registration of an owner of land, or (b) F119[the Authority] has occasion, in the course of F120[its] duties, to investi- gate the title to registered land or to a burden on registered land, if any person has in his possession or custody any deeds, wills or instruments affecting the title, to the production of which the applicant or any trustee for him is entitled or the production of which F119[the Authority] considers, on any such occasion, to be necessary for the purpose of such investigation, F119[the Authority] may require that person to show cause, within a time limited, why he should not produce such deeds, wills, or instruments, or any of them; and, unless cause is shown to the satis- faction of F119[the Authority] within the time limited, F120[it] may order that the deeds, wills or instruments, or any of them shall be produced at the expense of the applicant, at such time and place, and in such manner, and on such terms as F120[it] thinks fit. 59 PT. III S. 94 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F119 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F120 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Deeds to be 95.—Subject to general rules, F121[the Authority] may, if F122[it] thinks fit, before marked with registering a person as owner of land, require him to produce such documents of title notice of registra- tion. as will in the opinion of F121[the Authority], when stamped or otherwise marked, give notice to any purchaser or other person dealing with the land of the fact of the registration, or otherwise to satisfy F121[the Authority] that the fact of the registration cannot be concealed from a purchaser or other person dealing with the land, and may stamp or otherwise mark any documents so produced. Annotations Amendments: F121 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F122 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Cautions and Inhibitions Caution against 96.—(1) Any person claiming such an interest in unregistered land as entitles him first registration to object to a disposition thereof being made without his consent, or claiming to be of land. an incumbrancer on unregistered land, may, if claiming otherwise than under an instrument registered in the Registry of Deeds, on producing an affidavit in the prescribed form of his interest, lodge a caution with F123[the Authority] to the effect that the cautioner is entitled to notice of any application that may be made for registration of an owner of the land. (2) Thereupon, an owner of the land shall not be registered until notice has been served on the cautioner to appear and oppose, if he thinks fit, the registration, and the prescribed time has elapsed since the date of the service of the notice, or the cautioner has entered an appearance, whichever first happens. (3) If any person lodges a caution under this section without reasonable cause, he shall be liable to make compensation, recoverable as a simple contract debt, to any person damaged thereby. Annotations Amendments: F123 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. 60 PT. III S. 96 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Modifications (not altering text): C35 Application of section restricted (1.03.1978) by Agricultural Credit Act 1978 (2/1978), ss. 43(2) and 46, S.I. No. 49 of 1978. Lodgement of cautions by the Corporation. 43.—(1) Any person claiming to be entitled to an estate or interest in or incumbrance on or claim against any unregistered land which is a puisne claim against the land or would become a puisne claim if a priority charge were created on the land, may (whether the instrument, if any, under which the claim arises is or is not registered in the Registry of Deeds) lodge under section 96 of the Act of 1964 a caution against the registration against the land, on or after the first registration thereof, of any dealing with the land in favour of the Corporation to the prejudice of the claim. (2) Where a caution is so lodged, subsection (2) of the said section 96 shall not apply to the caution but in lieu thereof the caution shall, on the first registration of the land, be entered on the folio relating to the land as a caution lodged under section 97 of the Act of 1964 and shall have effect accordingly. ... Lodgement of cautions by the Corporation. 46.—Whenever the Corporation claims to be an incumbrancer on unregistered land by virtue of an instrument registered in the Registry of Deeds, the Corporation may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 96 of the Act of 1964, lodge with the registering authority a caution under that section, and when the caution is so registered the registering authority may, on the first registration of the land, register the incumbrance created by the instrument as a burden affecting the land with such priority (if any) as is given to the incumbrance by this Act or otherwise by law. Caution against 97.—(1) Any person entitled to any right in, to, or over registered land or a registered registered deal- charge, may, on producing an affidavit in the prescribed form of his right, lodge a ings. caution with F124[the Authority] to the effect that no dealing with the land or charge is to be had on the part of the registered owner until notice has been served on the cautioner. (2) Thereupon F124[the Authority] shall not, without the consent of the cautioner, register any dealing with the land or charge, as the case may be, until F125[it] has served notice on the cautioner, warning him that his caution will lapse after the expiration of the prescribed time. (3) After the expiration of that time, the caution shall lapse unless an order to the contrary is made by F124[the Authority] and on the caution so lapsing the land or charge may be dealt with as if the caution had not been lodged. (4) If, before the expiration of that time, the cautioner, or some other person on his behalf, appears and gives, if required by F124[the Authority], sufficient security to indemnify every person against any damage that may be sustained by reason of any dealing with the land or charge being delayed, F124[the Authority] may, if F125[it] thinks fit, delay registering any dealing with the land or charge for such further period as F125[it] thinks just. (5) If any person lodges a caution under this section without reasonable cause, he shall be liable to make compensation, recoverable as a simple contract debt, to any person damaged thereby. (6) In the case of a caution lodged on behalf of a statutory authority, a certificate in the prescribed form may be accepted, at the discretion of F124[the Authority], in lieu of an affidavit. 61 PT. III S. 97 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F124 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F125 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Inhibition of 98.—(1) The court or, subject to an appeal to the court, F126[the Authority], on registered deal- the application of any person interested in any registered land or charge, may, after ings. directing such inquiries (if any) to be made and notices to be given and hearing such persons as the court or F126[the Authority] thinks expedient, make an order or, in the case of an application to F126[the Authority], an entry, inhibiting for a time, or until the occurrence of an event to be named in the order or entry, or except with the consent of or after notice to some specified person, or generally until further order or entry, any dealing with any registered land or registered charge. (2) F126[The Authority], on the application of the person who has obtained an order of the court under the provisions of this section, shall make an entry of the order on the register in the prescribed manner. (3) The court or F126[the Authority] may annex to any such order or entry any terms or conditions they think fit, and may discharge any such order or cancel any such entry, and generally may exercise such powers as the justice of the case requires; but nothing herein contained shall empower F126[the Authority] to discharge an order made by the court. (4)(a)F127[...] (b) Any entry made under this section may be withdrawn or modified at the instance of all the persons for the time being appearing by the register to be interested therein. Annotations Amendments: F126 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F127 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) and sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Settled Land Provisions as to 99.—F128[...] limited owners. Annotations Amendments: F128 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) and sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. 62 PT. III S. 100 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Trustees Power for trustee 100.—(1) Where a trustee or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity is in doubt to apply to court as to F129[any] matter with respect to which he is required or authorised to act under for directions. this Act, he may apply to the court for directions. (2) The costs, charges and expenses properly incurred by a trustee or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity F130[...] in or in connection with any proceeding or application required or authorised by this Act, or by any rules under this Act, shall be deemed to be costs, charges, and expenses properly incurred by him in the execution of his trust or duty, and may, in the case of a proceeding before, or an application to, F131[the Authority] be finally ascertained and declared by F131[the Authority]. Annotations Amendments: F129 Substituted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F130 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. F131 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Persons under Disability Infants. 101.—F132[...] Annotations Amendments: F132 Repealed (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(3) and sch. 2 part 5, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Persons of 102.—(1) In the case of a lunatic so found by inquisition, the committee of his estate unsound mind. may represent him for all or any of the purposes of this Act. (2) A person of unsound mind not so found by inquisition may be represented for all or any of the purposes of this Act by his committee or guardian (if any) appointed under the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1871, or, if no such committee or guardian is so appointed, by a guardian appointed by the court. (3) A person of weak mind who is temporarily incapable of managing his affairs may be represented for all or any of the purposes of this Act by his guardian (if any) appointed under section 103 of the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1871, or, if no such guardian is so appointed, by a guardian appointed by the court. Bankruptcy Provisions as to 103.—(1) Where a petition of bankruptcy or a petition for arrangement is presented, bankruptcy of the registrar of the court shall furnish F133[the Authority] with notice of the registered owner. presenting of the petition and F133[the Authority] shall thereupon cause an entry to 63 PT. III S. 103 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] be made in the register inhibiting, for a period of three months from the date of the petition, any dealing with any registered land or charge which appears to be affected. (2) Where any doubt arises as to the identity of the debtor or where the existence of a charge registered in the name of the debtor cannot readily be ascertained, F133[the Authority] shall, as soon as possible after receiving notice of the presenting of the petition and after making such inquiries and giving such notices (if any) as F134[it] deems necessary, take such action in the matter as F134[it] thinks advisable. (3) Where notice of the presenting of a petition has been given under this section and— (a) the petition is afterwards dismissed or not proceeded with, or (b) the registered owner is adjudicated a bankrupt and the adjudication is after- wards annulled, or (c) in the case of an arrangement, if no vesting of registered land or a registered charge takes place by virtue of the arrangement, the registrar of the court shall furnish F133[the Authority] with notice to that effect and F133[the Authority] shall thereupon cancel any entry made under subsection (1). (4) Where registered land or a registered charge becomes by law vested in assignees or trustees for the benefit of the creditors of the registered owner, the assignees or trustees shall be entitled to be registered as owners of the land or charge F135[...]. On such registration F133[the Authority] shall cancel any entry made under subsection (1). Annotations Amendments: F133 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F134 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F135 Deleted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Stamp Duties. Stamp duties. F136[104.— Where, in relation to a document presented for registration, the Authority has reasonable grounds for suspecting that stamp duty, or the correct amount of such duty, has not been paid, the Authority shall not proceed with the registration unless the applicant for registration provides evidence to its satisfaction that stamp duty is not payable or, as the case may be, the correct amount of such duty has been paid.] Annotations Amendments: F136 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 64, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Certificates and Notices 64 PT. III S. 105 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Certificates. 105.—(1) Subject to general rules, the land certificate or certificate of charge granted on the registration of an owner of land, or of a charge on land, shall be produced to F137[the Authority] on any subsequent transaction in relation to the land or charge requiring registration, as the case may be, and shall be either cancelled or so altered as to be brought into conformity with the register. (2) Subject to general rules, F137[the Authority] may, on the application of the registered owner, or of any person appearing to F137[the Authority] to be entitled to require the production of a land certificate or certificate of charge, order any person in whose custody the certificate may be to produce the certificate to F137[the Authority] for the purpose of any dealing with the registered land or charge which can be effected without the consent of the person having the custody of the certificate. (3) The production of a certificate under this section shall not alter the right to the custody of the certificate, and shall not affect any lien of any person thereon. (4) A land certificate or certificate of charge shall be prima facie evidence of the several matters therein contained. (5) Subject to any registered rights, the deposit of a land certificate or certificate of charge shall, for the purpose of creating a lien on the land or charge to which the certificate relates, have the same effect as a deposit of the title deeds of unregistered land or of a charge thereon. Annotations Amendments: F137 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Modifications (not altering text): C36 Application of section restricted (1.01.2007) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 73(1)(b), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Abolition of land certificates and certificates of charge. 73.— (1) The Authority shall cease to issue land certificates and certificates of charge under the Act of 1964, and accordingly— ... (b) section 105 (certificates) thereof— (i) applies only in relation to land certificates and certificates of charge issued before the commencement of this subsection and not already cancelled, and (ii) ceases to have effect 3 years after the commencement of subsection (2). (2) Subject to subsection (3), land certificates and certificates of charge issued before the commencement of subsection (1) and not already cancelled cease to have any force or effect on the expiration of the period of 3 years after the commencement of this subsection. ... Addresses and 106.—(1) Every person whose name is entered on the register as owner of land or notices. of a charge, or as cautioner, or as entitled to receive any notice, or in any other capacity, shall furnish to F138[the Authority] a place of address in the State. (2) Subject to general rules, every notice by this Act required to be given to any such person shall be served by F138[the Authority] and shall be served personally, or sent through the post in a registered letter marked outside in the prescribed manner and directed to the person at the address so furnished to F138[the Authority], and, unless returned, shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to have been received by the person addressed within such period as may be prescribed. 65 PT. III S. 106 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (3) A registered purchaser for valuable consideration shall not be affected by the omission to send any notice by this Act directed to be given, or by the non-receipt thereof, unless he had knowledge of such omission or non-receipt before registration. Annotations Amendments: F138 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Searches and Priority Searches of regis- 107.—(1) Any entry in, or index to, a register and any registry map may be ters and maps. inspected F139[, in the form in which it is kept or (as the case may be) a legible reproduction thereof,] by any person at such times and on such conditions as may be prescribed. (2) Any person may apply to F140[the Authority] to make an official search in a register or registry map and to issue a certificate of the result of the search. Annotations Amendments: F139 Inserted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 65, S.I. No. 271 of 2006. F140 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F141[ Priority of 108.— (1) The Authority, if of opinion that a person has contracted to purchase certain applica- or take a lease of registered land or to lend money on the security of a charge on it, tions for registra- tion. shall, on application by the person and on notice by the person to the other party to the contract, make an entry in the register in the prescribed form. (2) An application for registration by such a person in relation to the completion of the contract which is in order and is delivered to the Authority within a period of 21 days (or such longer period as may be prescribed) after the date of the entry ranks in priority before any other application for registration made within that period in respect of the land. (3) In determining whether to prescribe a longer period than 21 days under subsection (2) and the duration of any such period, the Registration of Deeds and Titles Rules Committee shall have regard to— (a) changes in the period generally elapsing between applications by persons under subsection (1) and those made by such persons under subsection (2), and (b) the need for adequate protection of the interests of parties to the contracts concerned.] 66 PT. III S. 108 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F141 Substituted (1.09.2007) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 66, S.I. No. 537 of 2007. Editorial Notes: E34 Previous affecting provision: subs. (2) amended (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(4), S.I. No. 511 of 2006; superseded as per F-note above. PART IV D EVOLUTION ON D EATH AND D ESCENT ON I NTESTACY Application of 109.—F142[...] Part IV. Annotations Amendments: F142 Repealed (1.01.1967) by Succession Act 1965 (27/1965), s. 8 and sch. 2 part IV, S.I. No. 168 of 1966, subject to transitional provisions in s. 9. Devolution of 110.—F143[...] registered land. Annotations Amendments: F143 Repealed (1.01.1967) by Succession Act 1965 (27/1965), s. 8 and sch. 2 part IV, S.I. No. 168 of 1966, subject to transitional provisions in s. 9. Succession to 111.—F144[...] beneficial inter- est in registered land on intestacy. Annotations Amendments: F144 Repealed (1.01.1967) by Succession Act 1965 (27/1965), s. 8 and sch. 2 part IV, S.I. No. 168 of 1966, subject to transitional provisions in s. 9. Abolition of rules 112.—F145[...] of descent in relation to regis- tered freehold land. 67 PT. IV S. 112 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F145 Repealed (1.01.1967) by Succession Act 1965 (27/1965), s. 8 and sch. 2 part IV, S.I. No. 168 of 1966, subject to transitional provisions in s. 9. Saving for deaths 113.—F146[...] before commencement of this Act. Annotations Amendments: F146 Repealed (1.01.1967) by Succession Act 1965 (27/1965), s. 8 and sch. 2 part IV, S.I. No. 168 of 1966, subject to transitional provisions in s. 9. Meaning of 114.—F147[...] “heirs”. Annotations Amendments: F147 Repealed (1.01.1967) by Succession Act 1965 (27/1965), s. 8 and sch. 2 part IV, S.I. No. 168 of 1966, subject to transitional provisions in s. 9. PART V M ISCELLANEOUS P ROVISIONS Avoidance of 115.—Every stipulation in a contract for the sale or charge of registered land or for certain stipula- the transfer of a registered charge whereby the purchaser or intending chargeant or tions in contracts for sale or charge the intending transferee (as the case may be) is precluded from making requisitions of registered in relation to burdens generally or any particular burden which, by virtue of section land. 72, may affect the land shall be void. Exemption of 116.—(1) The registration under this Act of the ownership of any estate or interest land from registra- in land shall, on and after the date of registration, exempt that estate or interest tion in Registry of Deeds. from the provisions of the enactments relating to the Registry of Deeds; and a deed or other document relating to that estate or interest and executed or coming into operation on or after that date shall not, unless it also relates to unregistered land, require to be registered in the Registry of Deeds. The registration of such ownership shall not, however, have the effect of exempting from registration in the Registry of Deeds any deed or document relating to the title to any other estate or interest in the land other than a deed or document creating such estate or interest. F148[(2) Where the ownership of any estate or interest in land is registered under this Act, the Authority shall cause a record of the registration, in the prescribed form, to be registered in the Registry of Deeds free of any fee or duty.] 68 PT. V S. 116 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (3) When the registration in the Registry of Deeds of any deed or other document within a certain period or otherwise is required by any enactment, registration of the title under such deed or other document (within the same period, where registration within a certain period is required) shall be a compliance with the provisions of that enactment. Annotations Amendments: F148 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 67, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Exemption from 117.—(1) Registration of a burden under this Act shall have the same effect as, and registration else- make unnecessary, registration of any deed or document relating to such burden, in where of burdens registered under the Registry of Deeds. In the case of a leasehold interest the ownership of which is this Act. not registered under this Act such exemption shall extend only to the lease itself and not to any other deed or document relating to the title to the leasehold interest. (2) (a) Registration in the prescribed manner of a judgment, order, inquisition, recognizance or State bond as a burden under this Act shall have the same effect as and make unnecessary, for any purpose as regards the land, the registration thereof in the Registry of Judgments; (b) No such judgment, order, inquisition, recognizance or bond shall, after the expiration of five years from the date of such registration, affect any regis- tered land as to purchasers, mortgagees or creditors, unless and until it is re-registered in the prescribed manner under this Act within five years before the execution of the conveyance, settlement, mortgage, lease, or other instrument vesting or transferring the legal or equitable right to the estate or interest in or to any such purchaser or mortgagee for valuable considera- tion, or as to creditors within five years before the right of such creditor accrued, and so re-registered at the expiration of every succeeding five years. Indemnity of 118.—F149[The Authority] shall not, nor shall any person acting under F150[its] F149[the Authori- authority or under any order or general rule made in pursuance of this Act, be liable ty]. to any action, suit or proceeding for or in respect of any act or matter bona fide done or omitted to be done in the exercise or supposed exercise of the powers of this Act, or any order or general rule made in pursuance of this Act. Annotations Amendments: F149 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F150 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Penalties for 119.—(1) If any person commits any of the following offences, that is to say— fraud. (a) in the course of any proceedings before F151[the Authority] or the court in pursuance of this Act, with intent to conceal the title or claim of any person, or to substantiate a false claim, suppresses, attempts to suppress, or is privy to the suppression of, any document or fact, or 69 PT. V S. 119 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (b) fraudulently procures, attempts to fraudulently procure, or is privy to the fraudulent procurement of, any entry, erasure or alteration in the register, or (c) in any affidavit required or authorised to be made for any purpose under this Act, or under any order or general rules made in pursuance of this Act, wilfully makes a false statement in any material particular, F152[the person shall be guilty of an offence and liable— (i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding €3,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or both, and (ii) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or both.] (2) No proceeding or conviction for any offence declared by this Act to be a misde- meanour shall affect any remedy to which any person aggrieved by the offence may be entitled. (3) Nothing in this Act shall entitle any person to refuse to make a complete discovery in any legal proceeding, or to answer any question or interrogatory in any civil proceeding; but no such discovery or answer shall be admissible in evidence against that person in any criminal proceeding under this Act. Annotations Amendments: F151 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F152 Substituted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 68, S.I. No. 271 of 2006. Compensation for 120.—(1) This section applies to loss sustained by any person by reason of— error, forgery or fraud in relation (a) the rectification F153[...] of any such error in registration as may be rectified to registration. under subsection (1) of section 32, or (b) any error originating in the Land Registry (whether of misstatement, misde- scription, omission or otherwise, and whether in a register or in a registry map) which occurs in registration and is not rectified under the said subsec- tion (1), or (c) any entry in or omission from a register or registry map caused or obtained by forgery or fraud, or (d) any error in an official search carried out by F154[the Authority] or any of F155[its] officers, or (e) the inaccuracy of any office copy of or extract from a register or registry map, or of any office copy of or extract from any document or plan filed in the Land Registry. (2) Where any person sustains loss to which this section applies, and the loss is not caused or substantially contributed to by the act, neglect or default of himself or his agent, that person and also any person deriving title from him shall be entitled to compensation for that loss in accordance with this section. 70 PT. V S. 120 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (3) In the case of rectification of an error F153[...] under subsection (1) of section 32, the costs and expenses incurred by the applicant in obtaining the rectification shall be deemed to be a loss to which this section applies. (4) All compensation payable under this section shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas. (5) The following provisions shall apply to every claim for compensation under this section: (a) the claim shall be made in the prescribed manner to F154[the Authority] and notice thereof shall be given to the Minister for Finance; F156[(b) if the claim is not settled, the claimant or the Minister for Finance may apply to the court to determine the amount (if any) of compensation payable;] (c) no claim shall be entertained by F154[the Authority] after the expiration of a period of six years from the time when the right to compensation accrued unless, on the expiration of such period the person entitled to claim was under disability, in which case the claim shall not be entertained after the expiration of two years from the termination of the disability, but the determination of F154[the Authority] to refuse or allow a claim under this paragraph shall be subject to appeal to the court; (d) for the purposes of paragraph (c), the right to compensation shall be deemed to have accrued— (i) in regard to any estate or interest in possession, on the date of the regis- tration which occasioned the loss in respect of which compensation is claimed, or (ii) in regard to any estate or interest in remainder or reversion, on the date when such estate or interest would, but for such registration as aforesaid, have fallen into possession; (e) the compensation shall include the costs incurred by the claimant in establishing his claim. (6) Where compensation is paid under this section to any person— (a) the compensation (other than costs) shall be applicable in discharge of any incumbrances affecting the estate or interest of that person in the land or charge in respect of which the compensation is payable; (b) the Minister for Finance shall have the same right to recover the amount of such compensation from any person who caused or derived advantage from the loss as the person who suffered the loss would have had if the loss were an injury caused to him by the first mentioned person. Annotations Amendments: F153 Repealed (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 69(a), S.I. No. 271 of 2006. F154 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F155 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. 71 PT. V S. 120 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] F156 Substituted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 69(b), S.I. No. 271 of 2006. Modifications (not altering text): C37 Functions transferred and references to “Department of Finance” and “Minister for Finance” under section construed (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministe- rial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 2, 3, 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in effect as per art. 1(2). 2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. (2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to the administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expen- diture and Reform. 3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of (a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and ... are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. 5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

Schedule 1 Enactments ... Part 2 ... No. 16 of 1964 Registration of Title Act 1964 Section 120 ... Inhibition in 121.—(1) Whenever it appears to F157[the Authority] that an error which may be consequence of capable of rectification has been made in registration, F157[the Authority] may enter discovery of error. in the register such inhibition against dealings with the land or the burden affected by such error as F158[it] thinks proper for the purpose of protecting the Central Fund against claims for compensation in respect of losses occasioned by registrations made after such error is discovered and before it is rectified. (2) An inhibition entered in the register under this section shall not affect any registration actually pending in the F159[Land Registry] when such inhibition is entered nor prevent the completion of such registration. (3) Whenever F157[the Authority] enters an inhibition under this section, F158[it] shall send notice of such inhibition and of the error because of which it was entered to all persons who appear from the register to be affected by such error and to such other persons (if any) as may be prescribed. Annotations Amendments: F157 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. 72 PT. V S. 121 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] F158 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(3), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F159 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(4), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Owner of land 122.—(1) Where a person is registered as owner of land with a title which is or is with possessory deemed to be a possessory title, neither he nor any person claiming through him title not a trustee under Statute of shall, by reason only of the registration, be, in respect of that land, a trustee for the Limitations, 1957. purposes of the Statute of Limitations, 1957. (2) Subsection (1) is in substitution for paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Statute of Limitations 1957, repealed by this Act. Effect of words of 123.—(1) An instrument of transfer of freehold registered land without words of transfer. limitation, or any equivalent expression, shall pass the fee simple or other the whole interest which the transferor had power to transfer in the land unless a contrary intention appears in the instrument. (2) An instrument of transfer of freehold registered land to a corporation sole by his corporate designation without the word “successors” shall pass to the corporation the fee simple or other the whole interest which the transferor had power to transfer in the land unless a contrary intention appears in the instrument. (3) In an instrument of transfer of registered land a resulting use or trust for the transferor shall not be implied merely by reason that the property is not expressed to be transferred to the use or benefit of the transferee. F160[(4) An instrument granting, or containing a grant or reservation of, an ease- ment or a profit à prendre out of registered freehold land without words of limitation or any equivalent expression shall pass or reserve the whole estate which the grantor had power to grant or reserve in the easement or profit àprendre. (5) An instrument granting, or containing a grant or reservation of, an easement or a profit à prendre out of registered freehold land to a corporation sole by its corporate designation without the word ‘successors’ shall pass or reserve the whole estate which the grantor had power to grant or reserve in the easement or profit à prendre. (6) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section apply only to instruments of transfer executed on or after 1 January 1967, and subsections (4) and (5) thereof apply only to F161[instruments] executed after the commencement of section 70 of the Regis- tration of Deeds and Title Act 2006.] Annotations Amendments: F160 Substituted and inserted (26.05.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 70, S.I. No. 271 of 2006. F161 Substituted (1.12.2009) by Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009), s. 8(1) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 356 of 2009. Power of Peace 124.—An affidavit to be made or used in any proceedings before F162[the Authority] Commissioners to may be sworn before a Peace Commissioner who shall have power to administer the take affidavits. oath for that purpose. 73 PT. V S. 124 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Annotations Amendments: F162 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Registration of 125.—Where application is made for the registration of an owner of land and it land below high- appears to F163[the Authority] that the land comprises foreshore, within the meaning water mark. of the Foreshore Act, 1933, F163[the Authority] shall send notice in writing thereof to the Minister for Transport and Power. Annotations Amendments: F163 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 4(2), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Power to make 126.—F164[(1) The Registration of Deeds and Title Rules Committee established rules and orders. by section 74 of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, with the agreement of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, may make general rules for carrying into effect the objects of this Act and, in particular, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in respect of all or any of the following matters: (a) the form and content and the indexing of registers and registry maps; (b) the authentication of documents relating to title; (c) the procedures to be observed, precautions to be taken, notices to be given and evidence to be adduced in proceedings in connection with registration; (d) the circumstances under which and the persons to whom reference is to be made in respect of the examination of any title to land for which an applica- tion for registration is made; (e) the form and manner in which entries in registers are to be made, modified or cancelled; (f) the order in which entries relating to land are to be made; (g) the correction of errors in registers or maps or in any record connected with registration; (h) the form and content of any document required or authorised to be used or given under or for the purposes of this Act; (i) the conditions under which a new land certificate or certificate of charge may be issued in place of a lost, defaced or destroyed certificate; (j) the inspection of and making of copies or reproductions of, or extracts from, any records in the custody of the Land Registry; (k) the custody and preservation of records in the Land Registry; (l) the taxation of costs of any proceedings in connection with registration and the persons by and to whom costs are to be taxed and paid; (m) the entering into security for the costs of appeal under this Act; 74 PT. V S. 126 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] (n) any other matter referred to in this Act as prescribed. (2) The Committee, in determining for the purposes of this Act— (a) whether the duration of a lease or of the unexpired portion of a lease, as specified in the Act, should be altered, and (b) if so, the extent of the alteration to be prescribed by it, shall have regard to the Authority’s function to promote and extend registration of ownership of land and to the resources available to the Authority for performing that function.] (3) Provision shall be made by general rules for the registration, without cost to the parties interested, of all titles recorded under the Record of Title (Ireland) Act, 1865, and care shall be taken in such rules to protect any rights acquired in pursuance of such recording. Until registration, that Act shall apply thereto as if this Act had not been passed. (4) F165[...] Annotations Amendments: F164 Substituted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 72, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. F165 Deleted (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 72, S.I. No. 511 of 2006. Modifications (not altering text): C38 Functions transferred and references to “Department of Justice and Equality” and “Minister for Justice and Equality” construed (1.01.2018) by Property Registration Authority (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 574 of 2017), arts. 2 and 3, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8. Note change of Title of Minister and name of Department from Justice, Equality and Law Reform to Justice and Law Reform (2.06.2010) by Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 216 of 2010), in effect as per art. 1(2). 2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of the functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. (2) References to the Department of Justice and Equality contained in any Act or any instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. 3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Justice and Equality by or under– (a) the Registration of Titles Act 1964 (No. 16 of 1964), ... are transferred to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (2) References to the Minister for Justice and Equality contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Govern- ment. 75 PT. V S. 126 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Editorial Notes: E35 Power pursuant to section exercised (1.11.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2013 (S.I. No. 389 of 2013), in effect as per rule 1(4). E36 Power pursuant to section exercised (1.02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012), in effect as per rule 1. E37 Provision made for establishment of Registration of Deeds and Title Rules Committee to perform functions under section (4.11.2006) by Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (12/2006), s. 74(1), S.I. No. 511 of 2006. E38 Power pursuant to section exercised (31.12.1973) by Land Registry and Registry of Deeds (Hours of Business) (Amendment) Order 1973 (S.I. No. 358 of 1973). E39 Power pursuant to section exercised (10.04.1967) by Land Registry and Registry of Deeds (Hours of Business) (Amendment) Order 1967 (S.I. No. 75 of 1967). E40 Power pursuant to section exercised (6.07.1964) by Land Registry and Registry of Deeds (Hours of Business) Order 1964 (S.I. No. 164 of 1964). E41 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.12.2009 and 1.01.2010) by Land Registration (No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 456 of 2009); rescinded (1.02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E42 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (2.11.2011 and 1.03.2012) by Land Registration Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 559 of 2011); rescinded (1. 02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E43 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.11.2009) by Land Registration Rules 2009 (S.I. No. 349 of 2009); rescinded (1. 02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E44 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.2008) by Land Registration Rules 2008 (S.I. No. 326 of 2008); rescinded (1. 02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E45 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.2007) by Land Registration Rules 2007 (S.I. No. 568 of 2007), rescinded (1. 02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E46 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (4.11.2006) by Land Registration Rules 2006 (S.I. No. 558 of 2006); rescinded (1. 02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E47 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.2006) by Land Registration Rules 2005 (S.I. No. 643 of 2005); rescinded (1. 02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E48 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.08.2000) by Land Registration Rules 2000 (S.I. No. 175 of 2000); rescinded (1. 02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E49 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.1986) by Land Registration Rules 1986 (S.I. No. 310 of 1986); rescinded (1. 02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E50 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (4.08.1981) by Land Registration Rules 1981 (S.I. No. 258 of 1981); rescinded (1. 02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E51 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.04.1977) by Land Registration Rules 1977 (S.I. No. 89 of 1977); rescinded (4.08.1981) by Land Registration Rules 1981 (S.I. No. 258 of 1981), rule 1(2). 76 PT. V S. 126 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] E52 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.11.1975) by Land Registration Rules 1975 (S.I. No. 246 of 1975); rescinded (1.04.1977) by Land Registration Rules 1977 (S.I. No. 89 of 1977), rule 1(2). E53 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (2.10.1972) by Land Registration Rules 1972 (S.I. No. 230 of 1972); rescinded (1. 02.2013) by Land Registration Rules 2012 (S.I. No. 483 of 2012). E54 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.02.1971) by Land Registration (Solicitors’ Costs) Rules 1970 (S.I. No. 28 of 1971); rescinded (2.10.1972) by Land Registration Rules 1972 (S.I. No. 230 of 1972), rule 1(2). E55 Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1967) by Land Registration Rules 1966 (S.I. No. 266 of 1966); rescinded in part (15.02.1971) by Land Registration (Solicitors’ Costs) Rules 1970 (S.I. No. 28 of 1971), rule 5 and (2.10.1972) by Land Registration Rules 1972 (S.I. No. 230 of 1972), rule 1(2). Saving for bona 127.—Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of the State to any property as bona vacantia. vacantia. 77 SCH. 1 [No. 16.] Registration of Title Act 1964 [1964.] Section 5. SCHEDULE REPEALS Session and Chapter or Short Title Extent of Repeal Number and Year 10 & 11 Vict. c. 32. Landed Property Improve- Section 21, in so far as it provides for ment (Ireland) Act, 1847. the registration of a release, in rela- tion to registered land, in the Registry of Deeds. 34 & 35 Vict. c. 100. Glebe Loan (Ireland) Amend- Section 13, in so far as it provides for ment Act, 1871. the registration of a release, in rela- tion to registered land, in the Registry of Deeds. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 82. 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