{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-deeds-act-northern-ireland-1970/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-deeds-act-northern-ireland-1970/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1970/25",
  "legislation_title": "Registration of Deeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-deeds-act-northern-ireland-1970",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“bankruptcy order” means an order adjudging an individual bankrupt;\n“bankruptcy petition” means a petition to the High Court for a bankruptcy order;\n“document” includes a deed or conveyance, and any other document whether or not under seal, which may be registered in the registry of deeds under the Registration of Deeds Acts;\n“insolvency administration” means the administration in bankruptcy of the insolvent estate of a deceased person;\n“insolvency administration order” means an order for the administration in bankruptcy of the insolvent estate of a deceased debtor (being an individual at the date of his death);\n“insolvency administration petition” means a petition for an insolvency administration order;\n“the Judgments Enforcement Order” means the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;\n“the Land Registration Act” means the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970;\n“the Ministry” means the Ministry of Finance;\n“the Order” means the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Ministry;\n“registered”, in relation to any document, means registered under the Registration of Deeds Acts.\n“the Rules” means the Insolvency Rules (Northern Ireland) 1991;\n(2) Any reference in any provision in the Registration of Deeds Acts to registering a memorial shall be construed as a reference to registering the document of which it is a memorial.\n(3) References in any enactment to a document a memorial of which is registered in the registry of deeds shall be construed as including a reference to a document registered in the registry of deeds.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1989 NI 19"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "SR 1991/365"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/25/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:32.029083+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."
}