The Gazette 1977

GAZETTE

1977

Mr. McEvoy had particular difficulties related to maps

prepared prior to 1st September which now had to be

redrawn on the 25" scale.

Mr. Griffith said that solicitors' difficulties in Sub-

division cases should be eased because of the Land

Commission having recently agreed that where an

application for consent to sub-division was made to them

they would not require the production of a Land Registry

copy Map of the holding if the part transferred was a

small area (under three acres) and shown on an Ordnance

Survey sheet. The Land Commission and Land Registry

requirements would now be identical in these cases.

11. The position regarding availability of Ordnance

Survey Maps

While there was some suggestion of inconvenience

being caused by delays in getting O.S. maps Mr. Ivers

said that this was not a major subject of complaint.

Mr. Donnelly suggested that a further meeting with the

Ordnance Survey Office could be arranged later if Mr.

Ivers thought this necessary.

12. Delays in First Registration cases

Generally, this was regarded as one of the major

problem areas where delays were concerned.

Mr. Buckley said that while he recognised that

voluntary applications for First Registration did not

normally merit equal priority with compulsory First

Registration cases there were nevertheless some instances

(such as where part of a building estate was already

registered and an application for the registration of the

remaining part had been submitted) which, he felt, should

get priority.

Mr O'Donnell suggested that where counsel's opinion

was available to the effect that title was good, this should

be accepted for registration purposes.

Mr. Griffith promised to look into the matter. He said

that, in general, the Land Registry gave priority to any

House Purchase cases. The Rules Committee had agreed

to make an amendment to the Land Registration Rules

(subject to the concurrence of the Minister) extending

from £20,000 to £25,000 the value of the property where

a solicitor's certificate may be accepted as evidence of

title.

Mr. Donnelly said that at the last meeting he had

mentioned that the Study Group was hoping to report on

the First Registration area soon. The Study Group had

recently reported and had recommended a change in the

method of dealing with applications for First Registration,

which would involve initial processing of these cases by

the dealings groups before they were referred to the

Examiners. It was hoped that by relieving the Examiners

of the more routine aspects of examination of title the

time of the Examiners would be used more productively

and the delays in dealing with first registrations would be

reduced.

13. Some implications of the Landlord and Tenant Bill,

1977

Mr. Moore outlined some points which he wished to

have considered in the proposed legislation. At Mr.

Donnelly's suggestion, he agreed to write to the

Department on the matter.

14. Difficulties caused for solicitors by the Registrar's

requirements under the Family Home Protection

Act

Mr. O'Donnell outlined these difficulties which were

related to the Registrar's requirement that a solicitor's

certificate should be lodged with applications affected by

the Act.

Mr. Moore said that this arrangement had been agreed

with the Registrar subject to review when there would be

some experience of its practical operation.

15. Complaints about the Registry of Deeds

It was agreed that a situation which had arisen some

months ago about the service being provided for

searchers had been remedied satisfactorily.

Mr. Buckley said that the complaints had now moved

to the comparison area where he understood there was an

unfilled vacancy.

Mr. Donnelly said the vacancy had now been filled.

16. Miscellaneous suggestions

(i) Mr. Buckley and Mr. O'Donnell suggested that

it would be much more convenient for solicitors

if they could requisition a copy of the new folio

when they were lodging the application (Form

17) for registration. Mr. Griffith promised to

consider this.

(ii) Mr. Lanigan suggested that the location of the

certificate placed on copy documents might be

examined and standardised as far as possible so

as to facilitate further office copying. Mr.

Griffith promised to consider this also.

17. Summary of matters agreed and/or requiring

attention

(a) The position about delays in priority searches

would be looked into by the Registrar.

(b) The possibilities of making folios (particularly

omnibus folios) more readily available for

inspection would be explored by the Registrar.

(c) The necessity for Land Certificates at all or a

possible reduction in their use would be

considered by the Registrar.

(d) The position as to whether there were

unacceptable delays in supplying Ordnance

maps would be looked into by the Director

General.

(e) Priorities, certification and delays generally in

first registration cases would be examined by

the Registrar.

(0 Mr. Moore would communicate with the

Department about the Landlord and Tenant Bill,

1977.

(g) The Registrar would review his requirements

under the Family Home Protection Act,

(h) The Director General would communicate (to

the Registrar of the Department) his

requirements regarding statistical information.

(i) The Registrar would consider a suggestion

about the lodgment of applications for new

copy folios with the applications for registration,

and

(j) The Registrar would consider standardising the

location of certificates on copy documents so as

to facilitate further copying.

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