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LAND REGISTRATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 55

Undivided shares and co-owners.

55.(1) The owner of any one or more undivided shares in any land may, for the
purpose of showing the share which he holds in the land, be registered with
the addition of such entries in the appropriate register as may be prescribed.

(2) Two or more persons may, in such manner and subject to such conditions as
may be prescribed, be registered as owners of the same land, and, where two or
more persons are so registered, they shall be deemed to be joint tenants
unless there is any entry to the contrary in the appropriate register.

(3) On the registration of two or more persons as owners of the same land, an
entry may, with their consent, be made on the appropriate register to the
effect that, when the numbers of those owners is reduced below a certain
specified number, a disposition of the land shall not be registered except
under an order of the court, or of the Registrar made after due examination of
the title.

(4) On the registration of two or more persons as owners of the same land, if
the Registrar decides that any number of those owners less than the whole is
entitled to make a registered disposition of the land, he shall make an entry
on the appropriate register to that effect, and, notwithstanding anything
contained in this section, that number of those owners shall have power to
make a registered disposition of the land without an order of the court or
Registrar.

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