Rule 19 – Modification of examination of title

 (1) Save as aforesaid and as otherwise provided in this rule, the title to be shown by the applicant may commence with a disposition of the property made not less than 15 years prior to the date of the application that would be a good root of title on a sale under a contract limiting only the length of title to be shown. 

(2) Where the market value of the property the subject of the application is shown to the satisfaction of the Authority not to exceed €1,000,000 at the date of the application, the title to be shown by the applicant may commence with a conveyance or assignment on sale made not less than 12 years prior to the date of the application that would be a good root of title on a sale under a contract limiting only the length of title to be shown. 

(3) On a sale where the purchase money of the property does not exceed €1,000,000, the Authority may, if it thinks fit, register a title as absolute or qualified or good leasehold on production of a certificate by a solicitor, at the expense of the applicant in Form 3, adapted as the case may require, and an application map. 

(4) Where property is acquired by a statutory authority and the purchase money or compensation paid therefore does not exceed €1,000,000, the Authority may dispense with the official examination of the title and may register the statutory authority with absolute title or qualified title or good leasehold title on production of a certificate by the solicitor for such authority in Form 3 adapted as the case may require and an application map. 

(5) Where the title of an applicant has been examined- (a) by the conveyancing counsel of a court on a sale or purchase of the property under an order of the court; or 

(b) by a practising barrister or solicitor on a sale or mortgage of the property, the Authority may dispense with, or modify as it thinks fit, the official examination of title. 

(6) Where, in the course of the investigation of a title, the applicant so requests, or it appears desirable to the Authority that the title should be referred for legal opinion, the Authority may, with the consent and at the expense of the applicant, agree that the title be referred for legal opinion on any specific matter. The legal opinion may be furnished in Form 3, adapted as the case may require.