Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

This Order may be cited as the Land Registry (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 31st May 1996.

Words and expressions used in this Order and defined in the Rules have the same meaning as in the Rules.

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970;

• “charge” (except in Part III of Schedule 1) means a charge on land to secure money and includes a sub-charge but not a statutory charge;

• “fees” means the fees to be taken in the Registry for the purposes of the Act;

• “the Rules” means the Land Registration Rules (Northern Ireland) 1994^f1 and a reference by number to a rule or Form is a reference to the rule or Form bearing that number in the Rules.