Chief Land Registrar's Report

Land Charges And Agricultural Credits Departments

Land Charges operates under the authority of the Land Charges Act 1972. The Department maintains registers of land charges, pending actions, writs and orders affecting land and other encumbrances registered against the names of owners of property which is not registered under the Land Registration Acts.

Agricultural Credits is responsible for maintaining a register of short-term loans by banks under Part II of the Agricultural Credits Act 1928. These charges are secured on farming stock and other agricultural assets of the farmer.

The combined total of applications processed by the Land Charges and Agricultural Credits departments was 5,322,493 (up 13.8%). This was due in the main to a significant increase in insolvency search applications.

53.8% of search and office copy applications were made by telephone, direct access or fax (up 48%). And telephone searches, conducted as a proportion of total search applications received, increased to 43.5% (up 40%).