Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006

PART 4

Other Amendments to Registration of Title Act 1964

Amendment of section 3.

50.— Section 3 (interpretation) of the Act of 1964 is amended in subsection (1)—

(a) by the insertion of the following definitions:

“ ‘ index ’ means an index maintained under this Act and includes, and is deemed always to have included, any index stored in electronic or other non-legible form which is capable of being converted into a permanent legible form;

‘record’ includes any book, index or document and any information in electronic or other non‑legible form which is capable of being converted into a permanent legible form;

‘registry maps’ means the maps referred to in section 84;”,

(b) by the substitution, in the definition of “judgment mortgage”, of “affidavit of judgment” for “affidavit of ownership”,

(c) by the deletion, in the definition of “Land Purchase Acts” of “the Irish Church Act, 1869 , and”,

(d) by the insertion, in the definition of “leasehold interest” of—

(i) “(or such other number as may be prescribed)” after “twenty-one”, and

(ii) “and the right or interest of a person who has barred, under the Statute of Limitations 1957, the right of action of a person entitled to such leasehold interest,” after “determinable on a life or lives,”,

(e) by the deletion of the definitions of “the central office”, “the local office”, “the local registrar” and “registering authority”, and

(f) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “register”:

“ ‘ register ’ means a register maintained under this Act and includes, and is deemed always to have included, any register kept in electronic or other non-legible form which is capable of being converted into a permanent legible form;”.