{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-northern-ireland-1970/section-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-act-northern-ireland-1970/section-49.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/49",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Discharge, etc., of registered charges.",
  "text": "(1) The Registrar shall—\n(a) at the request or with the concurrence of the registered owner of the charge; or\n(b) on proof in the manner specified in subsection (2) or in such other manner as may be prescribed;\nnote on the title register\n(i) the satisfaction of a registered charge or of any part thereof;\n(ii) the release of any part of registered land from a registered charge;\nand, thereupon, the charge shall, to the extent so noted, cease to operate.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the receipt of the registered owner of a charge shall be sufficient proof of the satisfaction of the charge or, as the case may be, of the part thereof, and a release signed by the registered owner of a charge, or, where the registered owner is a body corporate, under the seal of the body corporate, shall be sufficient proof of the release of any part of registered land subject to that charge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1992 NI 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/18/section/49",
    "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."
}