Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970

2 N.I. Subject to paragraph 4, where a person is registered or deemed to be registered (otherwise than by virtue of paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 13) with a possessory title to any estate in registered land and an application is made for registration of a transfer of that estate for valuable consideration, the Registrar may—

(a) on the application of the registered owner or of the transferee;

(b) if satisfied that[F1 twelve] years have elapsed since the first registration of the estate and the registered owner was, immediately prior to the transfer, in possession of the estate; and

(c) after giving such notices as may be prescribed;

register the transferee—

(i)

in the case of a freehold estate, with an absolute title or, if the circumstances of the case so require, with a good fee farm grant title; or

(ii)

in the case of a leasehold estate, with a good leasehold title.

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