Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2021

Amendment of section 49A of Registration of Title Act 1964

5. Section 49A (inserted by section 41 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 ) of the Registration of Title Act 1964 is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) Where a person claims to be entitled to an easement or profit à prendre by prescription, the person may apply to the Authority and the Authority, if satisfied that there is such an entitlement to the easement or profit à prendre may, subject to subsections (2) and (3), cause it, as may be appropriate, to be—

(a) registered as a burden under section 69(1)(jj), or

(b) entered in the register pursuant to section 82 or, in the case of a profit à prendre in gross, in the register of ownership maintained under section 8(b)(i),

or both.”,

and

(b) the addition of the following subsection:

“(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply to profits à prendre in gross.”.