EnactedStage in the legislative process — click for what it means140/2021Official bill number / year
Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Minister for Justice
- Introduced
- 5 Nov 2021
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Repeals sections 33-39 of the 2009 Act, removing the 30 November 2021 deadline for registering prescriptive easements and profits à prendre under new legal rules.
- Claims after the Bill's enactment will be decided under pre-2009 judge-made law ('doctrine of lost modern grant'), reverting from mandatory to optional registration with the Property Registration Authority.
- Longer prescription periods (30 years for State land, 60 years for foreshore) still apply to claims against State-owned land, while pending applications remain unaffected by these changes.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad5 Nov 2021
- Second Stage26th Seanad9 Nov 2021
- Committee Stage26th Seanad11 Nov 2021
- Report Stage26th Seanad16 Nov 2021
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad16 Nov 2021
- Second Stage33rd Dáil17 Nov 2021
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil17 Nov 2021
- Report Stage33rd Dáil24 Nov 2021
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil24 Nov 2021
- Enacted26 Nov 2021