Foreign Ownership of Land Register Act 1988
sec.51Application of s 19 to particular persons
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sec.51 Application of s 19 to particular persons
This section applies if— at the commencement, the legal estate of an interest in land is registered in the register, or recorded in the records of a relevant registering authority, in a person’s name; and on the commencement, the person ceases to be a foreign person in relation to the interest. Section 19 applies to the foreign person as if a reference in section 19(2) to the day on which the person ceases to be a foreign person were a reference to the day on which the person becomes aware the person ceased to be a foreign person under the amended Act. s 51 ins 2019 No. 7 s 171 (sec.51-ssec.1) This section applies if— at the commencement, the legal estate of an interest in land is registered in the register, or recorded in the records of a relevant registering authority, in a person’s name; and on the commencement, the person ceases to be a foreign person in relation to the interest. (sec.51-ssec.2) Section 19 applies to the foreign person as if a reference in section 19(2) to the day on which the person ceases to be a foreign person were a reference to the day on which the person becomes aware the person ceased to be a foreign person under the amended Act.
- (a) at the commencement, the legal estate of an interest in land is registered in the register, or recorded in the records of a relevant registering authority, in a person’s name; and
- (b) on the commencement, the person ceases to be a foreign person in relation to the interest.