Land Registration (Amendment) Rules, 2019 (L.N. 257 of 2019)
Made 2019 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- Malta
- Subjects
- Land and soil
- Keywords
- agricultural land, urban land, registration, land tenure, ownership, prescription/adverse possession, property rights
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B 2034 Citation and commencement. S.L. 296.01. Substitutes the Second Schedule to the principal mles. VERZJONI ELETTRONIKA L.N. 257 of 2019 LAND REGISTRATION ACT (CAP. 296) Land Registration (Amendment) Rules, 2019 IN EXERCISE of the powers confened by article 59 of the Land Registration Act, the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects, with the concun-ence of the Minister for Finance, has made the following rules: 1. ( 1) The title of these rules is Land Registration (Amendment) Rules, 2019 and they shall be read and construed as one with the Land Registration Rules, hereinafter referred to as "the principal rules." (2) These mles shall come into force on the 1st January, 2020 and shall be effective in respect of all deeds published from the 1st January, 2020. 2. The Second Schedule to the principal rules, shall be substituted by the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. VERZJONI ELETTRONIKA "SECOND SCHEDULE Rule 28 Tariff Sen·ice Application for a First Registration other than emphyteusis or sue cession: Where the value is not determined Where the value is determined, for every one thousand euro (€1,000) or part thereof Minimum charge Application for a First Registration and, or transfer of a registered title (Emphyteusis) In a perpetual or temporary emphyteusis (non-revisable) the amount of ground rent will be capitalised and on the sum capitalised, for every one thousand euro (€1,000) or part thereof In a perpehial and revisable emphyteusis, the amount of ground rent after first revision will be capitalised, and on the sum capitalised, for every one thousand euro (€1,000) or pa11 thereof In a temporary and revisable emphyteusis, the cumulative sum of the amount of ground rent of the last twenty (20) years as revised, for every one thousand euro (€1,000) or part thereof Where there is a consideration this shall be added to the cumulative sum or capitalized amount of ground rent. Application for a conversion of a title from temporary to perpetual emphyteusis shall be charged the same fee as a contract of perpenial emphyteusis. Minimum charge Lodgement of any application for registration of a correction, declar atory act or any other application relating to a registered title other than a transfer, transmission or charge Lodgement of any application for the transfer of a registered title where the value of the prope11y is not determined Lodgement of any application of a transfer of a registered title, for every one thousand euro (€1,000) or part thereof Where the transfer includes several properties and different applica tions, and the value of the transfer is declared as a whole, the full fee shall be charged for the first application while any additional appli cations shall be charged a fee of: Minimum charge B 2035 €80.00 € 1.00 €80.00 € 1.00 € 1.00 € 1.00 €80.00 €30.00 €30.00 € 1.00 €20.00 €30.00 VERZJONI ELETTRONIKA B 2036 6. Application for a transfer by succession (causa 111ortis) : First Registration €80.00 Transmission of a registered title €30.00 Where the transfer includes several properties and different applica tions, the full fee shall be charged for the first application while any additional applications shall be charged a fee of: €20.00 7. Application for a charge on a registered title , for every one thousand euro (€1 ,000) or part thereof € 1.00 Where the charge includes several properties and different applica tions and the value of the charge is declared as a whole, the full fee shall be charged for the first application while any additional appli cations shall be charged a fee of: €20.00 Mini.mum charge €30.00 8. Application for a cancellation, waiver, reduction of a charge or any other reference that effects a charge €20.00 9. Application for a caution €100.00 Application for a withdrawal of a caution €20.00 10. Request for an official search including any documents attached to the reply €30.00 11. Copies of certificates : Up to five (5) pages €5.00 For every additional page or plan - "A4" €0.50 For every additional page or plan - "A3" €1.00 Legal copies - per page €0.25 12. Copies of documents or plans: For every page - "A4" €0.50 For every page - "A3" €1.00 Legal copies - per page €0.25 13. Land Registry plans: €6.00 lppubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (doi.govmt) - Valletta - Published by the Department of lnfonnalion (doi.gav.mt) - Valletta Mitbugh 11-Istamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta FSC - Printed at the Government Printing Press on FSC certified paper Prezz/Price €0.27 "