Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970

77Facilities for registration of Crown Land.N.I.

(1)With respect to any land vested in Her Majesty, either in right of the Crown or otherwise, or vested in any public officer or body in trust for the public service, the public officer or body having the management thereof, if any, or, if none, then such person as Her Majesty may, by writing under the sign manual, appoint, may represent the owner of the land for all the purposes of this Act and may be registered with such special description of the nature of the ownership as may be prescribed.

(2)The public officer or body referred to in subsection (1), or the person appointed under that subsection, shall be entitled—

(a)to receive such notices;

(b)to make and enter any such application or caution; and

(c)to do all such other acts;

as any owner of land is entitled to receive, make, enter or do under this Act.

(3)For the purpose of any law or custom relating to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, the registration of land in[F1 the register] under this Act shall be deemed to be a matter of record, and shall have the same effect as, and shall render unnecessary, the registration of that land in a court of record or in any office of the High Court.