Notice of prohibition of disposing of the ownership

1. Does your national system admit such restriction?

This land register system envisages this kind of notice or includes the possibility of registering a notice as such.

Court Orders may be made in relation to criminal assets and noted as inhibitions against the title.

In some instances, a standard form Inhibition, rather than an Inhibition under legislation, may be sought by National Crime Agency or a similar organisation (sometimes Mallard Associates). These should be processed in the same way as an ordinary Inhibition.

2. In your system, once registered this restriction, does it block or freeze subsequent registrations (mostly the ones promoted by the owner of the property) until being removed?

Once registered this restriction, the effect is to block or freeze subsequent registrations, apart from implying a warning to third parties.

No further dealings will be registered without a court order

3. In your system, in principle, will the registration of this restriction be temporary (under a deadline) or indefinitely (it will be in force until being removed)?

In this system the duration of the registration of this restriction will be indefinite (until removed or deleted).

4. Indicate the national legal sources about this judicial restriction

Most such Inhibitions are lodged under the Criminal Justice (Confiscation) (NI) Order 1990 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

5. Please, give us an idea about the characteristics of the registration of this restriction in your system

Applications for registration of inhibitions under Article 13(13) of the above Order or under Section 195 of the above Act should be made in accordance with Rule 114 of Land Registration Rules (NI) 1994 by lodging an application in Form 59 and exhibiting a certified copy of any restraint order or any application for such an order which may have been made.

The Registry will send notice to the registered owner.