Classified List
23. Land Law, Succession and Trusts
Updated to 18 May 2026 (Act No. 10 of 2026 and S.I. No. 212 of 2026)
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► 23.1. Land Ownership and Conveyancing
► 23.1.1. General
► 23.1.2. Family Home
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27/1976 |
► 23.1.3. Multi-Unit Developments, Including Apartments
► 23.2. Registration of Title and Property Registration Authority
► 23.2.1. General
► 23.2.2. Property Registration Authority
► 23.3. Landlord and Tenant
► 23.3.1. General
► 23.3.2. Ground Rents
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3/1967 |
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7/1978 |
| Local Gov 7 | 16/1978 | |
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20/1983 |
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15/1984 |
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12/1987 |
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7/2005 |
| Justice | 42/2019 | |
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Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011.
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See S.I. No. 574 of 2017. Previously Justice. |
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► 23.3.3. Residential Tenancies 8
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Rent Restrictions (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 (26/1981) expired on 25 April 1982 as provided by Rent Restrictions (Temporary Provisions) (Continuance) Act 1981 (35/1981), s. 1, which Act also appears to be obsolete/spent.
► 23.4. Succession and Wills
| Justice 37 | 27/1965 | |
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14/2008 |
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Ministerial functions under s. 73 transferred from Finance to Public Expenditure and Reform by S.I. No. 318 of 2015.
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This Act is also classified at 2.9, 9.1 and 17.6.1.
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► 23.5. Compulsory Acquisition of Land
► 23.5.1. General
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8 & 9 Vict., c. 18 |
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8 & 9 Vict., c. 20 |
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10 & 11 Vict., c. 15 |
► 23.5.2. Assessment of Compensation
| Finance | 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 57 | |
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22/1925 |
| Environ/Finance | 45/1960 | |
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39
Also listed under Shannon Electricity Act 1925 (26/1925), this appears to be the responsibility of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The purpose of this SI appears to be obsolete/spent.
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This appears to be the responsibility of the Department of Finance.
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► 23.6. Valuation
► 23.7. Land Commission
► 23.8. Trust Law
► 23.8.1. General
► 23.8.2. Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust
| Finance 99 |
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33/1988 |
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Responsibility under s. 2 assigned to Public Expenditure and Reform by S.I. No. 418 of 2011.
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► 23.9. ECA Section 3 Statutory Instruments
| Foreign | 27/1972 | |