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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Published date: 21 July 2009

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (No. 27)

Consolidation Status: Updated to reflect all known changes
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Introductory Text
Acts Referred to
Marginal Abbreviations
Part 1 Preliminary and General (ss. 1-8)
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 1. Short title.
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 2. Commencement.
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 3. Interpretation generally.
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 4. Service of notices.
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 5. Regulations.
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 6. Offences.
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 7. Expenses.
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 8. Amendments and repeals.
Part 2 Ownership of Land (ss. 9-14)
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 9. Ownership and abolition of feudal tenure.
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 10. Estates and interests in land.
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 11. Restrictions on legal estates and interests.
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 12. Prohibition of fee farm grants.
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 13. Abolition of the fee tail.
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 14. Prohibition of leases for lives.
Part 3 Future Interests (ss. 15-17)
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 15. Operation of future interests in land.
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 16. Abolition of various rules.
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 17. Scope of section 16.
Part 4 Trusts of Land (ss. 18-22)
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 18. Trusts of land.
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 19. Trustees of land.
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 20. Powers of trustees of land.
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 21. Overreaching for protection of purchasers.
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 22. Resolution of disputes.
Part 5 Variation of Trusts (ss. 23-24)
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 23. Interpretation of Part 5.
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 24. Jurisdiction of court to vary, etc., trusts.
Part 6 Powers (ss. 25-29)
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 25. Application of Part 6.
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 26. Execution of nontestamentary powers of appointment.
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 27. Release of powers.
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 28. Disclaimer of powers.
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 29. Validation of appointments.
Part 7 Co-Ownership (ss. 30-32)
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 30. Unilateral severance of a joint tenancy.
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 31. Court orders.
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 32. Bodies corporate.
Part 8 Appurtenant Rights (ss. 33-50)
Chapter 1 Easements and profits à prendre (ss. 33-40)
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 33. Interpretation of Chapter 1.
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 34. Abolition of certain methods of prescription.
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 35. Acquisition of easements and profits à prendre by prescription.
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 36. Tenancies.
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 37. Incapacity.
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 38. Application of sections 34 to 37.
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 39. Extinguishment.
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 40. Implied grant.
Chapter 2 Rentcharges (ss. 41-42)
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 41. Prohibition of certain rentcharges.
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 42. Enforcement of rentcharges.
Chapter 3 Party structures (ss. 43-47)
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 43. Interpretation of Chapter 3.
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 44. Rights of building owner.
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 45. Works orders.
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 46. Terms and conditions of works orders.
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 47. Discharge or modification of works orders.
Chapter 4 Freehold covenants (ss. 48-50)
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 48. Interpretation of Chapter 4.
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 49. Enforceability of freehold covenants.
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 50. Discharge and modification.
Part 9 Contracts and Conveyances (ss. 51-88)
Chapter 1 Contracts relating to land (ss. 51-55)
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 51. Evidence in writing.
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 52. Passing of beneficial interest.
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 53. Abolition of the Rule in Bain v. Fothergill.
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 54. Order for return of deposit.
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 55. Vendor and purchaser summons.
Chapter 2 Title (ss. 56-61)
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 56. Root of title.
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 57. Tenancies.
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 58. Other conditions of title.
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 59. Protection of purchasers.
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 60. Fraudulent concealment and falsification.
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 61. Notice of rights on common title.
Chapter 3 Deeds and their operation (ss. 62-74)
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 62. Conveyances by deed only.
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 63. Exceptions to deeds.
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 64. Formalities for deeds.
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 65. Escrows by corporate bodies.
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 66. Conveyance to oneself.
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 67. Words of limitation.
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 68. Extinguishment of certain interests.
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 69. Reservations.
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 70. Benefit of deeds.
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 71. Features and rights conveyed with land.
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 72. Supplemental instruments.
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 73. Partial releases.
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 74. Fraudulent dispositions.
Chapter 4 Contents of deeds (ss. 75-85)
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 75. Construction of instruments.
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 76. All estate clause.
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 77. Receipts in deeds.
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 78. Conditions and covenants not implied.
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 79. Scope of sections 80 and 81.
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 80. Covenants for title.
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 81. Additional covenants for land comprised in a lease.
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 82. Covenants by or with two or more persons.
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 83. Covenants by person jointly with others.
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 84. Production and safe custody of documents.
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 85. Notices.
Chapter 5 General provisions (ss. 86-88)
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 86. Restrictions on constructive notice.
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 87. Court orders.
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 88. Regulations for Part 9.
Part 10 Mortgages (ss. 89-114)
Chapter 1 Creation of mortgages (ss. 89-90)
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 89. Legal mortgages.
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 90. Position of mortgagor and mortgagee.
Chapter 2 Powers and rights of mortgagor (ss. 91-95)
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 91. Documents of title.
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 92. Restriction on consolidation of certain mortgages.
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 93. Transfer in lieu of discharge.
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 94. Court order for sale.
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 95. Advances on joint account.
Chapter 3 Obligations, powers and rights of mortgagee (ss. 96-111)
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 96. Powers and rights generally.
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 97. Taking possession.
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 98. Abandoned property.
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 99. Mortgagee in possession.
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 100. Power of sale.
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 101. Applications under sections 97 and 100.
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 102. Incidental powers.
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 103. Obligations on selling.
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 104. Conveyance on sale.
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 105. Protection of purchasers.
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 106. Mortgagee's receipts.
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 107. Application of proceeds of sale.
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 108. Appointment of receiver.
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 109. Application of money received.
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 110. Insurance.
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 111. Future advances.
Chapter 4 Leases and surrenders of leases (ss. 112-114)
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 112. Exercise of leasing powers.
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 113. Leasing powers.
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 114. Surrenders.
Part 11 Judgment Mortgages (ss. 115-119)
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 115. Interpretation of Part 11.
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 116. Registration of judgment mortgages.
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 117. Effect of registration.
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 118. Extinguishment of judgment mortgages.
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 119. Amendment of section 32 of the Act of 1957.
Part 12 Lis Pendens (ss. 120-126)
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 120. Interpretation of Part 12.
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 121. Register of lis pendens.
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 122. Cancellation of entry in register.
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 123. Court order to vacate lis pendens.
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 124. Transitional.
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 125. Protection of purchasers.
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 126. Amendment of Second Schedule to Courts and Court Officers Act 1995.
Part 13 Amendments to Registration of Title Act 1964 (ss. 127-130)
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 127. Amendment of section 3.
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 128. Substitution of section 25.
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 129. Amendment of section 69.
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 130. Amendment of section 71.
Part 14 Miscellaneous (ss. 131-133)
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 131. Interpretation (Part 14).
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 132. Review of rent in certain cases.
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 133. Abolition of power to seize a tenancy.
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 Schedule 1 Amendments
Schedule 2 Repeals
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 Schedule 2, Part 1 Pre-Union Irish Statutes
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 Schedule 2, Part 2 Statutes of England
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 Schedule 2, Part 3 Statute of Great Britain 1707 to 1800
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 Schedule 2, Part 4 Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 to 1922
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 Schedule 2, Part 5 Acts of the Oireachtas
Schedule 3 Covenants Implied in Conveyances
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 Schedule 3, Part 1 Extent of the Burden of Covenants
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 Schedule 3, Part 2 Implied Covenants
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 Schedule 3, Part 3 Additional Implied Covenants for Land Comprised in a Lease
Explanatory Memorandum
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