{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-northern-ireland-1970/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-northern-ireland-1970/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1970/18",
  "legislation_title": "Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-northern-ireland-1970",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Classes of owners who may be registered.",
  "text": "Subject to the provisions of section 60 regarding minors, a person may be registered in accordance with Land Registry Rules—\n(a) in the case of a freehold estate, as owner in fee simple (in this Act referred to as the “full owner” of that estate); or\n[(b in the case of a settled freehold estate,—\n(i) if he is a tenant in tail; or\n(ii) if he is a tenant for life; or\n(iii) if he has under the Settled Land Acts the powers of a tenant for life;\nas the limited owner of that estate; or]\n(c) in the case of a leasehold estate, as the person in whom the leasehold estate is vested in possession (in this Act referred to as the “full owner” of that estate); or\n(d) in the case of a settled leasehold estate, if he is either a tenant for life or has under the Settled Land Acts the powers of a tenant for life, as the limited owner of that estate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1978 NI 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/18/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:35.461163+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}