In short
This law amends the Registration of Title Act, 1964, specifically concerning the structure and location of offices responsible for title registration. It redefines how central and local registration offices are established and where they can be situated.
What it regulates
- The establishment of a "central office" for title registration.
- The establishment of "local offices" for title registration in various counties.
- The power of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to designate areas for central office constituent offices.
- Transitional arrangements for the central office in the county borough of Dublin.
Who it concerns
- The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.
- Individuals or entities involved in the registration of title.
Key points
- The central office can have one or more constituent offices in the county borough of Dublin and other designated areas.
- Local offices will be in each county, except for the county borough of Dublin, the administrative county of South Dublin, the administrative county of Fingal, the administrative county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, and counties with a central office constituent office.
- The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform can designate any county as an area for a central office constituent office.
- The central office in the county borough of Dublin existing before this Act's passing will become a constituent office of the central office.
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Registration of Title (Amendment) Act, 1997
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Number 35 of 1997
REGISTRATION OF TITLE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1997
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Amendment of section 7 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964.
2.
Transitional provisions.
3.
Short title and construction.
Act Referred to
Registration of Title Act, 1964
1964, No. 16
Number 35 of 1997
REGISTRATION OF TITLE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1997
AN ACT TO AMEND
SECTION 7
OF THE
REGISTRATION OF TITLE ACT, 1964
, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [16th July, 1997]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Amendment of
section 7
of the
Registration of Title Act, 1964
.
1.—
Section 7
of the
Registration of Title Act, 1964
, is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution of the following section for subsection (1):
“(1) There shall be—
(a) an office (in this Act referred to as ‘the central office’) consisting of one or more than one constituent offices situated in the county borough of Dublin and in such other area or areas (if any) as the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform may designate by order under subsection (5), and
(b) an office (in this Act referred to as a ‘local office’) in each county other than—
(i) the county borough of Dublin, the administrative county of South Dublin, the administrative county of Fingal and the administrative county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, and
(ii) a county where there is a constituent office of the central office.”,
and
(b) by the addition of the following subsection after subsection (4):
“(5) (a) The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform may, from time to time, designate by order any county (including an administrative county referred to in subsection (1)(b) (i)) as an area within which one or more than one constituent office of the central office shall be located.
(b) An order under paragraph (a) may be amended or revoked by order of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.”.
Transitional provisions.
2.—Without prejudice to the future location in the county borough of Dublin of any constituent office of the central office, the central office in that borough immediately before the passing of this Act shall, upon such passing, become a constituent office or constituent offices, as the case may be, of the central office in that borough.
Short title and construction.
3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Registration of Title (Amendment) Act, 1997.
(2) The
Registration of Title Act, 1964
, and this Act shall be construed together as one.
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