S.I. No. 1 of 2008

REGISTRATION OF DEEDS AND TITLE ACT 2006 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 15th January, 2008.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2(1) of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (No. 12 of 2006), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2008.

2. The 1st day of May, 2008 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 (No. 12 of 2006) come into operation:

(a) section 4 (in so far as it applies to Part 1 of the Schedule to the Act),

(b) sections 32 to 45 and 49,

(c) Part 1 of the Schedule.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 January 2008

BRIAN LENIHAN.

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The Order appoints the 1st day of May, 2008 as the day on which section 4 (insofar as it applies to Part 1 of the Schedule to the Act), sections 32 to 45, section 49 and Part 1 of the Schedule to the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 come into operation.