# Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, Paragraph 2


Subject to paragraph 4, where a person is registered or deemed to be registered (otherwise than by virtue of paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 13) with a possessory title to any estate in registered land and an application is made for registration of a transfer of that estate for valuable consideration, the Registrar may—
(a) on the application of the registered owner or of the transferee;
(b) if satisfied that twelve years have elapsed since the first registration of the estate and the registered owner was, immediately prior to the transfer, in possession of the estate; and
(c) after giving such notices as may be prescribed;
register the transferee—
(i)in the case of a freehold estate, with an absolute title or, if the circumstances of the case so require, with a good fee farm grant title; or
(ii)in the case of a leasehold estate, with a good leasehold title.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/18/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-northern-ireland-1970/schedule-3/paragraph-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.