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order.
The copy map issued within a week of
receipt of the fee.
The times given for supplying copies of documents
and maps are those taken if the document is readily
available for copying and
is not exceptionally
lengthy or abstruse.
In some cases the document
may be in a provincial office or the Land Registry
and cannot be copied until it has been returned.
The Land Commission point out that it is of the
utmost
importance
that
the up-to-date payer's
name and the Land Commission Collection No.
(not the 'Land Registry Folio No.),
should be correctly
stated in the application where relevant. Solicitors
should verify the particulars by inspection of the
latest Receivable Order.
Registry of Deeds.
(Official reference Land Registry 27/9/56).
The time taken to complete a search varies widely
in accordance with the number and frequency of
the names, the number of denominations of land
in parishes, baronies and counties and the length of
the periods of search.
The holiday June
to
September,
the expediting of searches and the
discharging of queries all conspire to increase the
normal time taken to complete searches. Taking the
whole year however the average time taken to
complete a negative search is about four weeks
from date of lodgment and a common search about
three weeks.
Probate Office.
A grant of Probate or Administration will be
issued approximately 14 days after lodgment of the
papers in order. Owing to rather unusual staffing,
difficulties which it is hoped to overcome in the near
future, there may be cases of greater delay in the
issue of grants.
A certified copy of a Will and Grant of Probate
will normally be supplied within 10 to 14 days from
the date of the application to the Probate Office.
Accountant's Office.
Drafts for payment are usually ready for issue
within a week or ten days from the date of lodgment
of the schedule in the Accountant's Office, unless
there is delay in production of supplemental docu
ments required by the Order. When a sale of
securities is necessary payment cannot be made
until lodgment of the proceeds is made by the
court broker.
Revenue Commissioners Stamp Duty branch.
(Official reference I.R. 10402/1427/56, 15/11/56).
Instruments
submitted
for
adjudication
are
examined and the results notified to the applicants
within one week of receipt. Where all the informa
tion necessary for assessment
is supplied with
application the assessment is made forthwith.
In
other cases queries are raised and on receipt of
replies the cases are re-examined within one week.
In difficult or unusual cases the periods will be
somewhat longer. Where cases are referred to the
Valuation Office a delay of about six weeks may be
expected. In cases concerning important properties,
where there is no recent available information in
the official records the necessity for inspection may
cause a delay of some months.
Estate Duty Office.
(Official reference 13376/38, 21/11/56).
Owing to the fact that the time and labour
involved in the examination of an affidavit or
account varies within wide limits it is impossible
to state the normal period between date of delivery
and raising of queries. Every effort is made to ensure
that the administration of estates is not held up
unduly by delays in the office.
Instructions have been issued that all queries on an
affidavit or account should be raised in the first
instance and that new questions should not normally
be raised on re-examination of the case on replies to
the initial queries.
In cases in which official business is not transacted
within the times stated above members should take
the matter up with the Department concerned,
and, if necessary, communicate with the Society
(having first satisfied themselves that the delay is not
due to any defect in the application or omission on
the part of the solicitors).
VALUATION OF
PROPERTY FOR
DEATH
DUTIES AND STAMP DUTIES.
IN cases where questions of value of chattels, real
property and real estate are referred to the Com
missioner of Valuation by the Estate Duty Office
the solicitors on record are notified by letter in
Form 87 P. or 87 S.
The Council made representations to the Revenue
Commissioners that a similar practice should be
adopted in the case of stamp duty assessments. The
Revenue Commissioners have agreed that where
questions of value in this connection are referred
to the Commissioners of Valuation the solicitor
will be notified and may communicate directly
with the Valuation Office with a view to saving
time. The adjudication number will be accepted as
the reference in the Valuation Office.
REGISTRY OF DEEDS
(FEES) ORDER
1956—(S.I. No. 287 of 1956).
THE Registry of Deeds (Fees) Order 1956 came into
force on ist January, 195 7 and increases substantially
the fees payable in the Registry of Deeds. Hence-