Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1999 No. 455

LAND REGISTRATION

Compulsory Registration of Title Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Made

17th November 1999

Coming into operation

1st May 2000

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 25(1) of the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970(1) and now vested in it(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. This Order may be cited as the Compulsory Registration of Title Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2000.

2. In this Order “local government district” and “ward” means a local government district and ward constituted by the Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1992(3).

Compulsory registration areas

3. It is hereby declared that the local government district known as North Down and that part of the local government district known as Ards consisting of the wards set out in the Schedule shall be compulsory registration areas for the purposes of entry 2(4) in Part I of Schedule 2 to the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 from 1st May 2000.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 17th November 1999.

L.S.

J. McCormick

Assistant Secretary

SCHEDULE

Local Government District	Areas of compulsory registration
Ards	The wards of—
	Ballygowan
	Ballywalter
	Carrowdore
	Donaghadee North
	Donaghadee South
	Killinchy
	Kircubbin
	Millisle
	Portavogie
	Portaferry

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order declares the local government district of North Down and the remaining part of the local government district of Ards to be compulsory registration areas under the Land Registration (Northern Ireland) Act 1970. The local government district of North Down and the whole of each of the wards listed in the Schedule will become compulsory registration areas upon the commencement of this Order on 1st May 2000. The type of property transaction which triggers a compulsory registration within those areas is defined by entry 2 of Schedule 2 to the aforesaid Act.

A previous area of compulsory registration was declared within the local government district of Ards by the Compulsory Registration of Title Order (Northern Ireland ) 1995 (S.R. 1995 No. 412).

(1)

1970 c. 18 (N.I.) as amended by S.I. 1992/811 (N.I. 7) Art. 11

(2)

By S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6) Art. 5(b) and Part II Sch. 1

(3)

S.R. 1992 No. 303

(4)

Entry 2 has been amended by S.I. 1992/811 (N.I. 7) Art. 51 and Sch. 1 paras 2(1) and 4(8)