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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules make amendments to the Land Registration Rules (Northern Ireland) 1994 (“the Land Registration Rules”) consequential upon the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and relevant provisions of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 which came into force in Northern Ireland on 5th December 2005.

These Rules also amend the Land Registration Rules to simplify applications for first registration of title and applications relating to registered land and the registration process.