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Compulsory Registration of Title Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

S.R. 2001/237 · Made 6 June 2001

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LAND REGISTRATION

Made 6th June 2001

Coming into operation 7th September 2001

The Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 25(1) of the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970f1, and now vested in itf2 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1970 c. 18 (N.I.) as amended by S.I. 1992/811 (N.I. 7) Art. 11

f2

The powers were transferred by the Department of Finance to the Department of the Environment by S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6) Art. 5(b) and Sch. 1 Part II and were transferred from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Finance and Personnel by S.R. 1999 No. 481 Art 6(b) and Sch. 4 Part II

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Compulsory registration area
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Local Government District
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Compulsory Registration of Title Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 7th September 2001.

(2)

In this Order “local government district” means a local government district constituted by the Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992f1.

2Compulsory registration area

It is hereby declared that the local government districts listed in the Schedule to the extent that they fall within the County of Armaghf1 shall be a compulsory registration area for the purposes of entry 2f2 in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 from 7th September 2001.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 6th June 2001.

L.S.

D. G. Ferguson

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

Local Government District

  • Newry and Mourne

  • Armagh

  • Craigavon

  • Dungannon

  • Banbridge

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order declares County Armagh to be a compulsory registration area under the Land Registration (Northern Ireland) Act 1970 upon the commencement of this Order on 7th September 2001. The type of property transaction which triggers a compulsory registration within that area is defined by entry 2 of Schedule 2 to the aforesaid Act.

Three previous areas of compulsory registration were declared within County Down by the Compulsory Registration of Title Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 (S.R. 1995 No. 412), the Compulsory Regulation of Title Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 455) and the Compulsory Registration of Title Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 312).