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GAZETTE
JULY/AUGUST 1991
(a) Ensuring that the Pro-
fession, when ordering
documents put in the
correct Folio, County and
name of registered owner.
(b) Consideration of a float
system to be operated in
the Land Registry so that
dealings do not have to be
rejected because of small
mis-calculations of fees.
(c) Standardisation of fees to
make them less compli-
cated.
(d) Consideration of the ex-
tension of the facilities for
Certification by solicitors to
avoid investigation by Land
Registry staff.
(e) Priority registration of deal-
ings for commercial build-
ing development and house
building
development
which will greatly facilitate
the first registration of
these developments in the
long term and which also
would help to increase the
number of dealings which
are the mainstay of the
Registry's income.
(f) Arrangements for a blitz to
be conducted in nominated
Counties to dispose of
arrears.
(g) Up-dating and simplifying
the old Equity Discharge
procedure
particularly
where there is registration
for a long period without a
recent transfer for valuable
consideration.
REGISTRY OF DEEDS
A. Replacing
the
existing
Memorial System with:
(a) a form comparable to a P.D.
Form which would give full
particulars of the trans-
action.
(b) Provision of sufficient staff
to dispose of all the current
arrears and the availability
of searches up to the
minute, thereby doing away
with the 48 hour rule.
(c) Amending the legislation to
cover the problem which
has come to our attention,
i.e. that where a Solicitor
requisitions Searches in the
Registry of Deeds on the
morning of the completion
of a transaction and a
judgement mortgage is
registered between the time
the search is carried out and
the actual closing takes
place, it appears that as the
law now stands the Judge-
ment Mortgage takes
priority; to protect a pur-
chaser adequately, all
transactions should actually
be completed in the
Registry of Deeds.
(13) This is not in any sense an
exhaustive list but serves as
examples of the way in which
the Profession and the
Registrar can co-operate to
achieve mutual results.
(14) The Society has not expressed
any view on the suitability of
the premises save in so far that
it is the view of our Committee
that a suitable premises must
be made available which will
house the Land Registry under
one roof, particularly bearing in
mind any extension into other
areas in the future.
(15) The Committee is also of a
view that in the long term
future the Land Registry
should be developed with a
view to minimising waste by at
least sharing resources with
the Ordnance Survey Office
and the Valuation Office since
they all maintain and work
from similar maps of all of
Ireland. Ideally they should be
amalgamated, but we hesitate
to suggest something as
controversial.
(16) The Society believes that if it
is going to have a significant
input into the solving of the
many problems arising that it
may be of assistance to the
Working Committee and the
Minister that as soon as
decisions have been made as
to what course of action is to
be adopted that the Society
will put forward representa-
tives to discuss the matters
arising with the Department
officials on a constructive and
confidential basis independent
of the Council of the Society in
much the same fashion as has
been achieved in the Solicitors
Bill Committee.
(17) Finally, the Society congratu-
lates the Registrar on the
progress which she has made
in the year since her appoint-
ment, expresses total confid-
ence in her ability and
expertise to solve the problems
remaining and pledges its total
support for her in achieving her
objects. Equally, the Society
stresses that these objects can
not be attained without the
provision by the Department of
the necessary resources and
adequate personnel to staff
this most important service for
our citizens.
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ANNUAL CHALLENGE
SOCCER MATCH
Dublin Doctors
- V -
Dublin Sol icitors
Friday, 30 August, 1991
Blackball Place, 4 . 00 pm
All members of the profession and friends are welcome
to attend the match and reception.
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