The Gazette 1991

GAZETTE

JULY/AUGUST 1991

(a) Ensuring that the Pro- fession, when ordering documents put in the correct Folio, County and name of registered owner. (b) Consideration of a float system to be operated in the Land Registry so that dealings do not have to be rejected because of small mis-calculations of fees. (c) Standardisation of fees to make them less compli- cated. (d) Consideration of the ex- tension of the facilities for Certification by solicitors to avoid investigation by Land Registry staff. (e) Priority registration of deal- ings for commercial build- ing development and house building development which will greatly facilitate the first registration of these developments in the long term and which also would help to increase the number of dealings which are the mainstay of the Registry's income. (f) Arrangements for a blitz to be conducted in nominated Counties to dispose of arrears. (g) Up-dating and simplifying the old Equity Discharge procedure particularly where there is registration for a long period without a recent transfer for valuable consideration. Memorial System with: (a) a form comparable to a P.D. Form which would give full particulars of the trans- action. (b) Provision of sufficient staff to dispose of all the current arrears and the availability of searches up to the minute, thereby doing away with the 48 hour rule. (c) Amending the legislation to cover the problem which has come to our attention, i.e. that where a Solicitor requisitions Searches in the Registry of Deeds on the morning of the completion of a transaction and a judgement mortgage is registered between the time the search is carried out and existing

the actual closing takes place, it appears that as the law now stands the Judge- ment Mortgage takes priority; to protect a pur- chaser adequately, all transactions should actually be completed in the Registry of Deeds. (13) This is not in any sense an exhaustive list but serves as examples of the way in which the Profession and the Registrar can co-operate to achieve mutual results. (14) The Society has not expressed any view on the suitability of the premises save in so far that it is the view of our Committee that a suitable premises must be made available which will house the Land Registry under one roof, particularly bearing in mind any extension into other areas in the future. (15) The Committee is also of a view that in the long term future the Land Registry should be developed with a view to minimising waste by at least sharing resources with the Ordnance Survey Office and the Valuation Office since they all maintain and work from similar maps of all of Ireland. Ideally they should be amalgamated, but we hesitate to suggest something as

controversial. (16) The Society believes that if it is going to have a significant input into the solving of the many problems arising that it may be of assistance to the Working Committee and the Minister that as soon as decisions have been made as to what course of action is to be adopted that the Society will put forward representa- tives to discuss the matters arising with the Department officials on a constructive and confidential basis independent of the Council of the Society in much the same fashion as has been achieved in the Solicitors Bill Committee. (17) Finally, the Society congratu- lates the Registrar on the progress which she has made in the year since her appoint- ment, expresses total confid- ence in her ability and expertise to solve the problems remaining and pledges its total support for her in achieving her objects. Equally, the Society stresses that these objects can not be attained without the provision by the Department of the necessary resources and adequate personnel to staff this most important service for our citizens. •

ANNUAL CHALLENGE SOCCER MATCH Dublin Doctors - V - Dublin Sol icitors Friday, 30 August, 1991 Blackball Place, 4 . 00 pm

REGISTRY OF DEEDS A. Replacing the

All members of the profession and friends are welcome to attend the match and reception.

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