The Property (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1997 No. 1179 — creates 1 criminal offence.

Made

8 April 1997

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Miscellaneous

Made under

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order, which is mainly based on recommendations made by the Final Report of the Land Law Working Group (HMSO 1990). empowers persons who hold land subject to ground rents to redeem those rents voluntarily on or after a day to be appointed, except where the land is used (or is required by its title to be used) wholly for business purposes. The Order also contains provisions for the compulsory redemption of ground rents on dwelling-houses which are to be the subject of conveyances on or after an appointed day. In addition, the Order makes new provision for the running of certain covenants affecting freehold land and for the conversion of certain estates, repeals obsolete provisions about agricultural tenancies and makes provision about land owned by the National Trust or in co-ownership and the compulsory acquisition of land subject to a tenancy.

Offences created by this instrument

• Without prejudice to section 82 of the Land Registration Act (penalties for fraud) or the Perjury (Northern Ireland)… article 43(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

How Parliament handled it

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