SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976

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SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 70



70.(1) Any stipulation made on the sale of any land after the commencement of
this Article to the effect that any purchaser shall be liable for any costs of
the vendor's solicitor shall be void.

(2) A grantor or lessor who grants or leases any property for ever or for any
term of years may as a condition of the grant or lease lawfully require that
it be prepared by his solicitor but may not require the grantee or lessee to
pay any costs of such solicitor in connection therewith.

(3) Any stipulation made on the sale of any land after the commencement of
this Article to the effect that the assurance to, or the registration of the
assurance to, or the registration of the title of, the purchaser shall be
prepared or carried out by a solicitor appointed by or acting for the vendor,
and any stipulation which might restrict a purchaser in the selection of a
solicitor to act on his behalf in relation to any land agreed to be purchased,
shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), be void, but a stipulation
requiring the purchaser to furnish to the vendor at the purchaser's expense, a
duplicate or counterpart of the assurance shall be valid.

(4) For the purposes of this Article

"sale" includes a transaction effected by a grant or sub-grant in fee farm and
a demise or sub-demise, but does not include the compulsory acquisition of
land by virtue of any enactment or the acquisition of land by agreement by a
person or body authorised or capable of being authorised under an enactment in
force at the date of the agreement to acquire that land compulsorily;

"assurance" includes a conveyance or transfer, a grant or sub-grant in fee
farm, a lease or sub-lease, or a tenancy agreement;

"vendor" includes a vendor who is a transferor, grantor or sub-grantor in fee
farm, a lessor or sub-lessor; and "purchaser" shall be construed accordingly.

Para.(5) repeals 1958 c.52

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SOLICITORS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976 - SECT 70