Land Act, 1939

Relief from certain fees in the Land Registry.

7.—(1) No fee shall be payable in the Land Registry by the Land Commission on any registration (whether effected before or after the passing of this Act) pursuant to paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 23 of the Local Registration of Title (Ireland) Act, 1891.

(2) No fee shall be payable in the Land Registry—

(a) on an application for the registration of the Land Commission as owner of any registered land acquired (whether before or after the passing of this Act) by the Land Commission under the Land Purchase Acts, or

(b) on an application for the registration as owner of any registered land so acquired by the Land Commission of a person to or in whom the Land Commission has transferred or vested such land (otherwise than on or in consequence of a sale of such land by the Land Commission by public auction or private treaty) where the Land Commission is under a statutory duty to procure the registration of such person as owner of such land.