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  "legislation_title": "Land Registry (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Scales",
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 4, on any application to register a transfer, or an exchange or a change of ownership under section 36 of the Act (excluding such an application as is referred to in paragraph 7(k)) or under section 53 of the Act the fee shall be payable according to the value of the estate in land to which the application relates and calculated by reference to the Scale below—\nScale\nValue\nFee\nWhere the value does not exceed £5,000\n…\n£25 (minimum fee)\nWhere the value exceeds £5,000\n…\n£25 for the first £5,000 and £25 for every £5,000 or part thereof exceeding £5,000 with a maximum fee of £350",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
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      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1 in operation at 31.5.1996, see art. 1(1)"
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 36 of the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, 1970 c. 18 (N.I.), has been amended by Art. 17 of the Registration (Land and Deeds) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, S.I. 1992/811 (N.I. 7)"
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      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 53 of the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, 1970 c. 18 (N.I.), has been amended by Art. 76(2) of and para. 4 of Sch. 3 to the Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, S.I. 1989/1339 (N.I. 11)"
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