Paragraph 5

On an application to the court under subsection (3) of section 34 of the Administration of Estates Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 1955 c.24 in respect of registered land, the court may, notwithstanding anything in that subsection—

(a)

order that the applicant be registered as owner of the land;

(b)

dispense with notice to the personal representatives when it is satisfied that—

(i)

at least six years have elapsed since the death of the deceased; and

(ii)

the personal representatives are dead or out of the jurisdiction.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Words in preamble of Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)