asked the Minister for Justice when a section 49 registration of title application will be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will expedite the matter.
Written Answers. - Registration of Title Application.
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I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application, based on possession, under section 49 of the Registration of Title Act, 1964. It was lodged in the Land Registry on 8 December 1987. The application is receiving attention at present and queries were issued to the applicant's solicitor on 3 March 1988. It is not possible to say at this stage if, or when, registration will be completed.
Section 49 applications are usually of a complex legal nature and the average time taken to complete such cases at present is 18.4 months. I think I ought to indicate that priority cannot be given to particular applications except at the expense of other applications. I am informed, however, that as a matter of policy the Land Registry will expedite cases in which the applicants or their solicitors bring to its attention the fact that special circumstances of urgency exist. Accordingly, a request for expedition in this case will be considered if details of the reasons for urgency are submitted to the Land Registry.