Land And Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009
Amendment of section 3.
127.— Section 3 (interpretation) of the Act of 1964 is amended in subsection (1)—
(a) by the insertion of the following definitions:
“ ‘instrument’ has the meaning given to it by section 3 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;
‘owner’ includes full owner;”,
(b) by the substitution of “ ‘freehold land’ means land the ownership of which is an estate in fee simple in possession;” for the definition of “freehold land”,
(c) by the substitution of “ ‘judgment mortgage’ means a mortgage registered by a judgment creditor pursuant to section 116 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;” for the definition of “judgment mortgage”,
(d) by the substitution of “ ‘land’ has the meaning given to it by section 3 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;” for the definition of “land”,
(e) by the substitution of “estate” for “interest” where it first occurs in the definition of “leasehold interest”, and
(f) by the deletion of the definitions of “Bankruptcy Acts”, “Registry of Deeds”, “Settled Land Acts”, “settlement”, “settled land”, “tenant for life” and “trustees of the settlement”.