S.I. No. 160/1974 -- Registry of Deeds (Fees) Order, 1974.

S.I. No. 160/1974 -- Registry of Deeds (Fees) Order, 1974. 1974 160

S.I. No. 160/1974:

REGISTRY OF DEEDS (FEES) ORDER, 1974.

I, PATRICK COONEY, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 35 of the Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1832, as adapted by the Registry of Deeds (Ireland) Act, 1832 (Adaptation) Order, 1956 ( S.I. No. 281 of 1956 ), and section 9 of the Land Transfer (Ireland) Act, 1848, as adapted by the Land Transfer (Ireland) Act, 1848 (Adaptation) Order, 1956 ( S.I. No. 280 of 1956 ), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Registry of Deeds (Fees) Order, 1974.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of September 1974.

4. In lieu of the fees specified in the Schedule to the Registry of Deeds (Fees) Order, 1970 ( S.I. No. 238 of 1970 ), the fees specified in the second column of the Schedule to this Order shall be charged in the Office of the Registrar of Deeds in respect of the items specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

Item	Fee
	£
1. REGISTRATION OF MEMORIALS Upon every memorial registered	4·00
2. CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION For every special certificate of registration	0·20
3. COMMON SEARCH MADE BY OFFICE UNDER A REQUISITION
(a) Upon names
(i) for each different name for any period not exceeding ten years	0·50
(ii) for each different name for every additional ten years or additional part of ten years	0·40
(b) Upon lands	The like fees for each denomination or alias denomination of land commencing with a different initial letter.
(See also paragraph 7)
4. NEGATIVE SEARCH MADE BY OFFICE UNDER A REQUISITION
(a) Upon names
(i) for each different name for any period not exceeding ten years	1·00
(ii) for each different name for every additional year beyond ten	0·10
(b) Upon lands	The like fees for each denomination or alias denomination of land commencing with a different initial letter.
(See also paragraph 7)
5. SEARCH BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
(a) General search without limitation, each day by every person	3·00
(b) Search upon names only
(i) each day by every person for every different name for any period not exceeding ten years	0·50
(ii) each day by every person for every different name for every additional ten years or additional part of ten years	0·20
(c) Searches upon lands only	The like fees as for searches upon names for each county, city or corporation town.
(d) Continuation by a member of the public of each negative search	0·50
6. SEARCH BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OF INDEXES AND RECORDED COPIES OF NEGATIVE SEARCHES
Each day by every person	0·10
7. COPIES
(a) Memorial
For every copy of a memorial
(i) for the first five folios or part thereof	0·50
(ii) for every additional folio or additional part of a folio in excess of five	0·10
(b) Abstract of memorial
for every copy of an abstract of a memorial whether included in a certificate of search or otherwise	0·10
(c) Certificate of negative search
For every attested copy of a negative search
(i) for the first five folios or part thereof	0·50
(ii) for every additional folio or additional part of a folio in excess of five	0·10
(d) Duplicate negative search
For every copy of a duplicate negative search
(i) for the first five folios or part thereof	0·50
(ii) for every additional folio or additional part of a folio in excess of five	0·10
8. ENTRY OF SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGE
(a) Entry of certificate of satisfaction of judgment mortgage	1·00
(b) Entry of satisfaction of mortgage (Building Societies Act, 1874)	0·13
9. INSPECTION OF ORIGINAL MEMORIAL OR AFFIDAVIT
For every original memorial or affidavit produced for inspection in the Office	0·10
10. FOR ATTENDANCE OF OFFICER TO PRODUCE MEMORIAL OR OTHER DOCUMENT IN COURT
Each attendance	3·00
	and travelling and subsistence expenses as actually incurred.

Note.--A folio in this Schedule means 72 words.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of May, 1974.

PATRICK COONEY,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order, which comes into operation on 1st September, 1974, provides for revised fees to be charged in the Registry of Deeds in respect of searches by members of the public and restates in decimal currency the other fees currently authorised. It replaces the existing provision for charging fees, which is the Registry of Deeds (Fees) Order, 1970. The Minister for Industry and Commerce has, under section 2 (2) (a) of the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 , consented to the exercise by the Minister for Justice of his statutory power to determine the fees contained in this Order.

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