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LAND REGISTRATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 66

Cautions against registered dispositions, etc.

66.(1) Any person interested in any registered land may, on producing an
affidavit in such form as may be prescribed specifying his estate in the land,
lodge a caution with the Registrar to the effect that no dealing with the land
on the part of the registered owner should be registered until notice has been
served on the cautioner.

(2) Upon the lodgment of a caution under subsection (1), the Registrar shall
not, without the consent of the cautioner, register any dealing on the part of
the registered owner of the estate until the Registrar has served notice on
the cautioner warning him that his caution will lapse after the expiration of
such time as may be prescribed.

(3) After the expiration of that time, the caution shall lapse unless an order
to the contrary is made by the Registrar, and, on the caution so lapsing, the
dealing may be registered as if the caution had not been lodged.

(4) If, before the expiration of that time, the cautioner, or some other
person on his behalf, appears and gives, if so required by the Registrar,
sufficient security to indemnify every person against any damage that may be
sustained by reason of the dealing being delayed, the Registrar may delay
registering any dealing for such further period as he thinks just.

(5) If any person lodges a caution under this section without reasonable
cause, he shall be liable to make compensation, recoverable as a simple
contract debt, to any person damaged thereby.

(6) In the case of a caution lodged under this section by a Government
department or by a public or local body, the Registrar may accept a
certificate, in such form as may be prescribed, instead of an affidavit.

(7) Land Registry Rules may provide for the application of the provisions of
this section, subject to such modifications as may be prescribed, to cautions
against reclassification of any registered land.

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