AMENDMENTS TO THE DEEDS REGISTRIES AMENDMENT BILL

made by the National Assembly in Committee Stage

Tuesday 11th April 2017

Clause 3

On page 3 of the Bill, in new section 89 of the principal Act, insert between the definitions of “registered user” and “user agreement” the following definition:

“self-actor” means an individual wishing to lodge any document for registration in a Deeds Registry or for attestation or execution by a Registrar—

(a) on his or her own behalf, or on behalf of himself or herself and one or more other persons having a shared interest in the property in question; or

(b) on behalf of a company (other than a public company) of which he or she is the alter ego, or the majority shareholder;”.

On page 4 of the Bill, in subsection (3) of new section 93 of the principal Act, delete paragraph (a) on lines 34 and 35 and redenominate paragraphs (b) and (c) as paragraphs (a) and (b) respectively.

On page 5 of the Bill, in subsection (4) of new section 93 of the principal Act, delete paragraph (c) on line 12 and redenominate paragraphs (d) to (i) as paragraphs (c) to (h) respectively: