asked the Minister for Justice what fees were payable as at 1st June (a) 1965 and (b) 1966 to the Land Registry on the lodgment of a transfer of registered land for valuable consideration, the price being (1) £5,000 and (2) £10,000.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Land Registry Fees.
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On 1st June, 1965 the Land Registry fee payable on the registration of a transfer of land for valuable consideration was £15 6s in the case of a holding priced £5,000 and £22 16s in the case of a holding priced £10,000.
The corresponding fee on 1st June, 1966 was £27 2s 6d in the case of a holding priced £5,000 and £40 17s 6d in the case of a holding priced £10,000.
Does the Minister not think this is a rather disproportionate increase that cannot be justified by the increase in costs?
It follows the pattern of increases in 1956, ten years before that and ten years before that again.
It seems to me to be far too high.