Ground Rents Act (Northern Ireland) 2001

Effect of certificate of redemptionN.I.

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10.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), a certificate of redemption is conclusive evidence—

(a)of the redemption of the ground rent to which it relates (and of the right of the rent-payer to that redemption); and

(b)of the operation in relation to the land, and any other parcel or parcels of land affected, of sections 11 to 17 so far as those sections are applicable and subject to their terms.

(2) Where the court is satisfied that—

(a)a certificate of redemption has been obtained by fraud; and

(b)the certificate can be cancelled without hardship to a purchaser of the land in good faith for value,

the court may order the certificate to be cancelled and, where the certificate relates to registered land, may order the register to be rectified accordingly.