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suitable for afforestation, i.e. "snipe grass".

(d) Existing bona fide stud farms being sold as

going concerns, with reservations as to acreage.

Each case, however, will be judged individually

and no assurance can be given that every property

in the above categories will be readily saleable to

non-citizens.

Apart from the machinery of consent, there is a

specific provision in Section 45 for the issue of a

certificate covering a purchase "for private resi

dential purposes where the land involved does not

exceed five acres in extent". It is not necessary that

there should be a residence on the land; a bona

fide intent to build a residence suffices. In respect

of all other non-urban properties, vendors should

not assume

that sales

to non-citizens will be

authorised. In this way, wasted effort, delays and

disappointments can be brought to a minimum.

As far as possible, application for consent should

be accompanied by completed Contract for Sale

(either provisional contract or the soceity's stan

dard conditions of sale), but where there is evi

dence of serious possibility of agreement between

vendor and purchaser, the Land Commission will

be prepared to deal with bona fide pre-contract

applications.

The question of land sales to non-citizens is a

very contentious one, however, and, lest objection

able sales should slip through, the public interest

requires the Land Commission to make local en

quiries in every case.

Members may

experience

certain

difficulty

where lands are being sold by auction and they

have been instructed by a non-citizen. As condi

tions of sale are seldom ready earlier than a

fortnight before the auction and as the Commis

sioners have many other urgent matters to attend

to, it would be impracticable for them to make

the enquiries to assess applications from prospec

tive

(non-citizen) purchasers within

the

short

time

intervening

between

and

i .auction.

REGISTRATION OF TITLE ACT, 1964

The Commencement Order in respect of this Act

(S.I. No. 167 of 1966) brings the Act into operation

on the 1st day of January 1967. The Act consoli

dates and reforms the law relating to the registra

tion of the title to land and provides for the

gradual extension of compulsory registration to all

land in the State.

SUCCESSION ACT, 1965

The Commencement Order (S.I. No. 168 of

1966) brings the Succession Act, 1965, into opera

tion on the 1st day of January 1967. The Act will

apply to the distribution of the estates of all persons

dying, whether testate or intestate, on or after

that date.

RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS

(No. 2) 1966

This Statutory Instrument (169 of 1966) makes

necessary amendments in the Rules of the Superior

Courts, 1962 (S.I. No. 72 of 1962) and in the Rules

of the Superior Courts (No. 1), 1964 (S.I. No. 38

of 1964). The rules effect the fees and in a minor

way the entering of an appearance, filing and

entry of Judgment; Guardianship of Infants Act,

1964; the Insurance Act, 1964.

RULES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS

(No. 3) 1966

These Rules which were signed by the Minister

for Justice on 28 July 1966 provide for revision

of the costs allowed in judgment by default cases

as prescribed by the Rules of the Superior Courts,

1962

(S.I. No. 72 of 1962). The revision

consequence of the increase in court fees effected

by the Supreme Court and High Court (Fees)

Order, 1966 (S.I. No. 62 of 1966).

In Appendix W, Part IV

(3)

the sums of

£15-5-6, £15-11-9 and £15-18-0 (together with

the twelve per cent increase provided for by the

Rules of

the Superior Courts

(No.

3),

1964)

shall be altered respectively

the sums of—

£20-18-0, £21-5-0 and £21-12-0

(inclusive of

the said increase).

DISTRICT COURT (CIVIL BILL OFFICERS

FEES) RULES, 1966

The above Rules have been made by the Dis

trict Court Rules Committee with the concurrence

of the Minister for Justice to provide the remuner

ation to be paid to a summons server for the

.service of any summons, civil process, originating

document 'or other court document shall be 6/-

payable on proof of each separate service effected.;

These Rules will come into operation on the l£f"

day of October 1966 and should be read together

with the District Court Rules, J.948, now

the

District Court Rules for the time being in force.