Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order which revokes and replaces the Registration of Deeds (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, specifies the fees to be taken in respect of documents lodged for Registration in the Registry of Deeds (“the Registry”) and for other work carried out by the Registry.

The main changes effected by the Order are:

(a)

the fee for registration of a memorial and documents lodged pursuant to the specified provisions of the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and the Registration of Deeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 is reduced from £14.00 to £13.00;

(b)

the fee payable for every special certificate of registration is reduced from £14.00 to £13.00;

(c)

the fee payable for a common or negative search has been changed from £4.00 for each half hour or part thereof to £25.00 irrespective of time taken to complete;

(d)

the method of charging for searches by members of the public has changed from time based to transaction based and consequently a new fee structure has been introduced. No fee will be incurred to search or to provide certified or uncertified copies of the paper-based records filed in the Registry prior to 1990;

(e)

to search electronic records filed since 1990, will incur a fee of £6.00, per set of up to 90 results, where the customer searches via the Internet. Where the customer searches using the Agency’s facilities, a fee of £9.00 per set of up to 90 results, will be incurred;

(f)

the fee for a certified copy memorial filed under the Registration of Deeds Acts has increased from £5.50 to £15.00 and the fee for an uncertified copy memorial has increased from £1.50 to £5.00;

(g)

the fee payable for entry relating to the satisfaction of mortgage or entry of satisfaction of order charging land charge has increased from £4.00 to £8.00; and

(h)

registration of a vacate has increased from £4.00 to £8.00.