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LAND REGISTRATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 1

1.(1) There shall continue to be a land registry in Northern Ireland which
shall be called "the Land Registry".

(2) The Land Registry shall consist of a central office situate in Belfast and
a local office for each of such areas as may be prescribed.

(3) The provisions of Schedule 1 shall apply in relation to the appointment of
officials and other staff of the Land Registry, the functions of such
officials and staff and to the official seals to be used in the Land Registry.

(4) The central office shall be the office for registration of the ownership
of all land in Northern Ireland and, subject to Schedule 1, shall be under the
control and management of an officer who shall be called the Registrar of
Titles (in this Act referred to as "the Registrar").

(5) Each local office shall perform such functions as may be prescribed and
shall, subject to Schedule 1 and to the direction of the Registrar, be under
the control and management of the [chief clerk for the county court division]
in which the local office is situate, and such [chief clerk] is in this Act
referred to as a "local registrar".

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