Land Registry (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

Part I Scale Fees

Scales

1.  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(1) (excluding such an application as is referred to in paragraph 7(k)) or under section 53 of the Act(2) 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—

Scale

	Value	Fee
Where the value does not exceed £5,000	... ... ... ...	£25 (minimum fee)
Where the value exceeds £5,000	... ... ... ...	£25 for the first £5,000 and £25 for every £5,000 or part thereof exceeding £5,000 with a maximum fee of £350

2.  On any application to register a charge or a notice under Article 48 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or paragraph 4 of Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Act, the fee shall be payable according to the value of the charge or notice and calculated by reference to the Scale below—

Scale

	Value	Fee
Where the value does not exceed £5,000	... ... ... ...	£25 (minimum fee)
Where the value exceeds £5,000	... ... ... ...	£12·50 for the first £5,000 and £12·50 for every £5,000 or part thereof exceeding £5,000 with a maximum fee of £175

3.  On any application to make any entry or cancellation on the register where such entry or cancellation involves the investigation of title to an estate in unregistered land and for which a fee is not otherwise prescribed by this Order, the fee shall be payable according to the value of the estate in the unregistered land and calculated by reference to the Scale set out in paragraph 1.

4.  The minimum fee (£25) shall be payable on an application to register documents effecting a change of trustees and documents whereby registered co-owners transfer their estates in the land to themselves.

(1)

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)

(2)

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)